@hdickens actually if your employer errs, then your employer should correct the situation and not require your to file a tax return. All employer errors need to be corrected at the employer level.
If the employer discovers the error after the calendar year of the wage payment closes, the employer provides the employee and the Social Security Administration (SSA) a corrected Form W-2 (Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement) reflecting additional FICA earnings for the prior year and FICA tax withholding as if the employer had made it correctly (Regs. Secs. 31.6051-2(c)(a)–(c) and 31.6051-1(c)(1)).
There is not reason to make the employee tax situation and withholdings and itemized deductions more complicated over an employer mistake.
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