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State tax filing

Be sure the amount paid for school taxes has been entered so that the software knows it has already been paid in instead of assessing it and assuming it is a balance due.

 

If you paid them on your W-2, then there should be a local or school tax section of the W-2 reporting the name of the school system or school district code, the wages earned for that school system and the amount of school taxes paid.  Verify your entries on your Form W-2 to be sure they were entered correctly.

 

Many local school districts collect their taxes through the W-2s issued to the workers in those school districts.  They collect the correct amount based on income and it is all reported on the W-2 and the return.