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Michigan City form


📚 What This Guide Covers

This guide explains the Michigan City form and shows you how to find the city abbreviations needed for box 20 of Form W-2.

  • What the Michigan Cities Common Form covers - how it satisfies income tax filing requirements for participating cities
  • How to find city abbreviations - steps to locate the abbreviations to enter in box 20 of Form W-2

⚠️ Before You Begin

Before you start, make sure you know you will be entering the appropriate city abbreviation for the city so any local withholding from that city will be calculated on MI form CF-1040ES.

🔍 Michigan City Form

This common form will satisfy the income tax filing requirements for 19 of the cities that impose a city tax.

The following cities accept the Michigan Cities Common Form as of 2010:

  • Albion
  • Battle Creek
  • Big Rapids
  • Flint
  • Grand Rapids
  • Grayling
  • Hamtramck
  • Highland Park
  • Ionia
  • Jackson
  • Lansing
  • Lapeer
  • Muskegon
  • Muskegon Heights
  • Pontiac
  • Portland
  • Saginaw
  • Springfield
  • Walker

To see a list of the abbreviations to be entered in box 20 of Form W-2, follow the steps below.

📊 Step-by-Step Guide: Show City Abbreviations

Step 1: Open Help

Use this when you need to access the Michigan city name list for W-2 abbreviations.

In a Michigan form, press F1.

Step 2: Expand Michigan in the Navigation Pane

Use this when you need to locate the Michigan city names for W-2.

In the navigation pane, click the plus sign (+) next to Michigan.

Step 3: Open the W-2 City Names List

Use this when you need the abbreviations to enter in box 20 of Form W-2.

Click the link to Michigan city names for W-2.

Step 4: Enter the Correct Abbreviation

Use this to ensure local withholding is calculated correctly.

Enter the appropriate abbreviation for the city so any local withholding from that city will be calculated on MI form CF-1040ES. 

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