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posted Jun 3, 2019 10:47:21 AM

Substitute teaching

I have a W2 form for each of the different school districts I was a substitute teacher in this year. I got one W2 with my total income, but the rest of the W2 forms have no income but just the taxes taken out from each school district.

How would I file these with no income on the W2s?

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Level 5
Jun 3, 2019 10:47:24 AM

It sounds like the employer needed to break out each local/district for the taxes attributable to each. I'm not clear if on your combined W-2, if you mean that you have local taxes taken out in addition to all the district taxes combined. If the district taxes are independent of your local taxes, you may have to use this information for other areas of TurboTax as well. 

What state is this for? 

Generally, for your federal return, you should be able to use the W-2 with the total amounts listed. It should list any other federal withholding Box 2 ( if any) and/or state withholding- Box 17 (if any). Then you will use the other W-2 forms to complete the district/local information.

  • Login to your TurboTax online account
  • Click Take me to my return
  • In the upper right hand corner search box, Type the words W-2
  • Click the Jump to W-2 link that appears in the search results. This will take you to the area that allows you to enter your W-2
  • Click Start or Edit to add the information. (Use the W-2 that has the total amounts to complete boxes 1-14). 
  • Then, when completing the State/Local entries (boxes 15-17 or boxes 18-20), use the broken out W-2's to enter this information. 
  • Put the information in the lines how the W-2 has them listed. When you are finished with entering the first broken out W-2, to add the remaining information, click Add another row (that is under the lines you need an extra row for)
  • Continue to do the step above until you have entered all the information from all the broken out W-2 forms.

3 Replies
Level 5
Jun 3, 2019 10:47:22 AM

Is it the total income for all of the school districts combined?

New Member
Jun 3, 2019 10:47:23 AM

One W2 has the total income for all the school districts combined with my local taxes taken out. The others have no income listed and just the taxes from that district taken out.

Level 5
Jun 3, 2019 10:47:24 AM

It sounds like the employer needed to break out each local/district for the taxes attributable to each. I'm not clear if on your combined W-2, if you mean that you have local taxes taken out in addition to all the district taxes combined. If the district taxes are independent of your local taxes, you may have to use this information for other areas of TurboTax as well. 

What state is this for? 

Generally, for your federal return, you should be able to use the W-2 with the total amounts listed. It should list any other federal withholding Box 2 ( if any) and/or state withholding- Box 17 (if any). Then you will use the other W-2 forms to complete the district/local information.

  • Login to your TurboTax online account
  • Click Take me to my return
  • In the upper right hand corner search box, Type the words W-2
  • Click the Jump to W-2 link that appears in the search results. This will take you to the area that allows you to enter your W-2
  • Click Start or Edit to add the information. (Use the W-2 that has the total amounts to complete boxes 1-14). 
  • Then, when completing the State/Local entries (boxes 15-17 or boxes 18-20), use the broken out W-2's to enter this information. 
  • Put the information in the lines how the W-2 has them listed. When you are finished with entering the first broken out W-2, to add the remaining information, click Add another row (that is under the lines you need an extra row for)
  • Continue to do the step above until you have entered all the information from all the broken out W-2 forms.