w2

[roykruger1]

I use turbo tax every year. I have been retired for 5 years. for some reason the program wants me to enter

info on my w2 when I don't have one. I only have a 1099R but the error check at the end keeps wanting me to enter w2 employer info, I guess I activated it some how how do I clear this up.

[dmertz]

Since you have no W-2s to report on your tax return, visit the W-2 entry section and delete any W-2s that are present.  Make sure that you entered the 1099-R in the 1099-R section, not in the W-2 section.

[Opus 17]

I think that when you use TurboTax year over year, it creates a lot of blank forms in the new year, like W-2s 1099s, and charitable deductions, which can save some time because you don’t have to enter addresses and other information all over again. TurboTax usually should ask you something like “Do you have income from Smith Brothers again this year?” or “ Last year you made charitable contributions to these organizations. Did you make contributions to them again this year?“ and then give you a place to either open the form and enter the information or delete the form.

What I don’t understand is why, if you deleted the blank W-2 from your employer in a previous year, does it keep coming back. I would expect that if you delete the blank W-2 this year because you no longer work for this employer, it should not come back next year.