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My social security number on my W-2 contains XXX-XX-and the last four of my social. Turbo Tax will not let me put in the X's because the space will only take numbers ?

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My social security number on my W-2 contains XXX-XX-and the last four of my social. Turbo Tax will not let me put in the X's because the space will only take numbers ?

Type in your SSN manually.  Do not use X's.

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My social security number on my W-2 contains XXX-XX-and the last four of my social. Turbo Tax will not let me put in the X's because the space will only take numbers ?

@sonidoll83 

The answer from @xmasbaby0  seems to be the way to go.

ColeenD3
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My social security number on my W-2 contains XXX-XX-and the last four of my social. Turbo Tax will not let me put in the X's because the space will only take numbers ?

Always enter your correct social security number on your return. Employers may make mistakes, but you would never duplicate their mistake on your return, just to make them match.

imvaughn
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My social security number on my W-2 contains XXX-XX-and the last four of my social. Turbo Tax will not let me put in the X's because the space will only take numbers ?

I believe XXX-XX- may be for W-2 SSN new starting with 2020 for security reasons.

TurboTax missed it the first time on smart check but shown as error on forms.

https://www.adp.com/spark/articles/2020/12/final-irs-regulations-permit-truncated-ssns-on-forms-w-2....

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