My W2C shows blanks in Boxes 1,2 and several others where the original W2 showed a dollar amount. Do I leave these blank when I file, or fill in the original W2 totals?

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June 7, 2019
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I was laid off from my employer in late 2016 and received a large severance package. I returned to this employer in early 2017, and had to pay back most of this package (over $15,000). It appears this was the correction in Boxes 3-6 on my W2C, but all other boxes, including 1 and 2, were filled in on the original W2 but not the W2C. I would like some guidance on how to report this.

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MiriamF

Level 8

You should fill in the original W-2 totals.

A W-2C is only supposed to report the changes to the original W-2. For any box that was reported on the original but not the corrected W-2, use the original amount.

Gabrielagom01

Level 2

So for example I just had a corrected SSN. Do i just input pictures both of them (everything on my W2-c was left blank except that portion)?

DMarkM1

Level 15

Go back to the original W2 you entered and put in the corrected information from the W2C. Any information that was unchanged you leave in from your original entries. Be sure to select the box for "Corrected W2" in the follow on question.

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Anonymous

Hi there,

I have the same situation as the original poster of this thread. I repaid $10k to my employer. Only boxes 3 and 5 are filled out and reflecting this repayment. Box 1 is empty. If I do as you explain, then Turbotax shows to have updated everything for the amended return with a $0 refund for both fed and state. This makes no sense.

If I update box 1 with the original W2 amount - the $10k I repaid, then it shows a refund of fed tax of around 20% of the $10k amount plus a 2% amount of refund for the state tax refund. This would appear to be correct. So why is box 1 blank? I repaid $10k, so therefore I did not get those wages, so why would we put the same amount of income in Box 1, as that's what the tax is calculated off of. I'm quite confused, I'm assuming my employer (same as the poster) screwed up and did not reflect the repayment in the box 1 amount. Shouldn't they have?

DeanM15

Level 10

If you believe your employer made a mistake on the W2C, you need to get them to correct it.

W2 and W2C data is electronically downloaded to the IRS. If the data is not updated correctly then you will receive an IRS letter after the tax season.

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