Box 20 on W-2s has New York locality name as NYC RES but error message that it is not among those accepted by the NY Dept. of Taxation and Finance and that must be NYC?

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April 22, 2021
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In the past have had no issues filing with the NYC RES locality name. Has anyone had the same problem? If I go ahead and change to NYC on my return will it be an issue that it does not show the same on my W-2s which instead will show NYC RES?

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Best answer by DanielV01

NYC RES means NYC resident. You can drop the RES in TurboTax and it should file with no issues. NYC RES just identifies that the tax is assessed on a NYC resident, and NYC in TurboTax does the same.

DanielV01Answer

Level 15

NYC RES means NYC resident. You can drop the RES in TurboTax and it should file with no issues. NYC RES just identifies that the tax is assessed on a NYC resident, and NYC in TurboTax does the same.

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defray

Level 5

Same issue this year. Any resolution?

MayaD

Alumni - Intuit

As DanielV01 mentioned,

NYC RES means NYC resident. You can drop the RES in TurboTax and it should file with no issues. NYC RES just identifies that the tax is assessed on a NYC resident, and NYC in TurboTax does the same.

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lindabdb

Level 2

I have a similar issue - my W-2 was issued with "NEW YORK" in box 20 and the system doesn't let me e-file. If I rewrite it to "NYC" will it cause issues that my W-2 has "NEW YORK" listed?

TriNet (PEO) is not willing to re-issue the W-2.

sandrabapt59

Level 2

Im also having a problem. On my W2 it has "NYLOC" for box 20 but its telling me its not accepted by the NY Dept. of Taxation and Finance.

DanielV01

Level 15

If you live and work in New York City, put NYC in Box 20 in TurboTax no matter what your physical W2 actually says. It must say NYC in Box 20 to pass e-file diagnostics.

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