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If Turbotax is overstating my total wages by $5000, how do i fix this?

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
January 19, 2026
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Turbotax is adding overstating my wages from W2 by $5000.

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First try deleting the W2 and enter it again manually. That usually fixes it..

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Where exactly is TurboTax overstating your wages? Do you mean that the amount in box 1 of your W-2 in TurboTax is $5,000 more than box 1 on the W-2 that you got from your employer? Or do you mean that Form 1040 line 1a is $5,000 more than the amount in box 1 of your W-2? Or is the error somewhere else? And is the error exactly $5,000?

Do you have only one W-2?