How to Use Generic City Codes With The Pennsylvania Generic City Form

When completing the Pennsylvania Generic City Form, a generic city code is used to carry income from the tax return into the Generic City Form.

The codes do not represent any specific cities; rather, the code just need to match throughout ALL the forms (State & Federal).

How to carry income to the Pennsylvania Generic City Form

1. Open the tax return.
2. Double click the income form on the attached forms list (W-2, Schedule C, etc.)
3. Locate the State Use or City Name box:
   
   1. Form W-2 has a State Use box. 

      

   2. Schedules C, E, F, and K-1 have City Name boxes. 

      

4. Click in the State Use or City Name box, and then click Choices. Note that the state code must be set to PA.
5. Select a generic city code. All activities going to the same Generic City Form need to be set to the same generic city code.
   1. Example IF GENERIC CITY 1 is selected use this code throughout the return for that income on ALL forms State & Federal.