No, you can't enter asterisks. If box 19, local income tax is 0 or blank, you can leave boxes 18, 19 and 20 blank.
If box 19 has a number greater than zero, you need to enter a valid locality name in box 20. If you aren't sure what that would be, you will need to contact the employer who gave you the W-2 form.
If you need to go back and edit these boxes, here's how to do that:
- Open you return.
- Select Wages & Income.
- To the right of Job (W-2), select Edit/ Add.
- Expand the section by selecting the down arrow to the right
- Select Edit below the W-2 information.
- Edit your W-2 information here, then select Continue.
- Select Continue to return to the Wages & Income screen.
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