Hello,
I have an interesting situation that I would like an opinion on, if someone wants to chime in.
I live in Georgia and do remote work on a side (website design, etc) for a LLC company located in North Carolina. On W2. It's not a lot of money, but I am on a payroll there.
When they sent a W2 for 2020 to me they included the state (GA) and the amount ($5300) in the state portion of the form (fields 15 and 16), but did not include GA state ID number (since they do not have it). Their accountant told them that they don't need it.
They did not withdraw any state or federal taxes from my wages (which is not an issue, I will pay whatever I owe). I will probably not owe any state taxes anyway due to the low wages on this W2.
The way I understand this issue (from what I've read - it seems to be a common problem in the pandemic world) is that I should be filing taxes for this in GA because the work is done in GA (that part is correct), and they should have GA state ID because they have an employee in GA, even if the business is located in NC. However their accountant told them otherwise.
When I try to file the taxes (using TurboTax desktop) an error comes on on the federal portion Smart Check - "Form W2: Box 15 employer ID must be entered". So my question is: can I file the return even though the state ID fields is missing? Will that cause an issue with my return later on?
Thank you.
