@pjflyer-fallingw wrote:
in box 15 the only state that shows is RI.
Is that a typo? Did you mean that the only state that shows in box 15 is HI?
If your W-2 has RI in box 15, why do you say they withheld Hawaii tax? If box 15 is RI then the state wages in box 16 are Rhode Island wages and the state tax in box 17 is Rhode Island tax. Does your W-2 in TurboTax have RI in box 15? If the only state information on your W-2 is for RI you should not have had to file a Hawaii tax return at all. You should have told TurboTax that you did not make money in any other state.
If your W-2 has HI in box 15, what would be amended is to change the state wages in box 16 to zero for HI, and add another line of state information with RI in box 15, your total wages in box 16, and zero in box 17.
The HR lady is probably right that it's too late to change the withholding now for last year (2023). They already withheld the tax and sent it to Hawaii. As I said earlier, it would have been easy for them to correct it if you had pointed it out right away, or at least before the end of the year.
