IRS Notice 2020-46 addresses the tax treatment of employees who elect to have their employers donate sick, vacation or personal leave as cash payments to charitable organizations that provide relief to victims of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Notice provides that the donated leave should be not be treated as W-2 wages to the donating employees. 

Employers across the country have been preparing to meet the new W-2 reporting requirement under the Affordable Care Act, that generally requires employers to report on Form W-2 for tax years beginning with 2011 the cost of health coverage provided to the employee. In Notice 2010-69, the IRS  has provided employers with another year