[quote=AN][quote=flu]The thing is though my w2 income didn’t really change *that* much this year from last from the previous year…. Why now? Or was I just randomly selected by my employer? Lol[/quote]It didn’t change *that* much, but it did. Maybe you were on the edge before and now you’ve crossed over that edge.[/quote]

The rule applies to the top 20%. So last year you were top 20%. Prior years you weren’t.