I work in Rhode Island and live in Massachusetts. My company started taking out MA state taxes even though I never asked (whole other issue). Half way through the year they stopped taking out MA state taxes. In my box 16 relating to Rhode Island taxes it is the same as box 1, however MA taxes box 16 is roughly half of box 1.
The problem is when I do my MA taxes through TurboTax it adds up both box 16's so my total taxable amount is way more than I made. If I click the button to have it only include the MA state wages it seems my total taxable amount is too low.
My federal taxes and Rhode Island taxes are coming out fine, it is just affecting my MA taxes. I am wondering if box 16 on my W-2 for MA is wrong. I would think that the number should be 0 because I did not make any wages in MA, taxes were just taken out. If box 16 was 0 then the taxes seem to come out correct. Did my employer put in the wrong info in box 16?
