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New Jersey SDI cannot be greater than 0

emms79 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:54:08 GMT

So, my wife has a couple of W2's along with 1099-NEC, and 1099-MISC. Her smaller W2 has NJ SDI listed in box 14 with .93 entered as a total. TurboTax has flagged it as an error stating that New Jersey SDI cannot be greater then 0. I have the ability to just simply click done and proceed with my return and file, should I do this or will this cause some error with my return. Thanks for the help.

Re: New Jersey SDI cannot be greater than 0

BillM223 — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:53:30 GMT

The second W-2 was incorrectly completed because New Jersey suspended the SDI in 2023 - see "In October, NJDOL announced a reduction in worker contribution rates for 2023, with Temporary Disability (ed. note: SDI) dropping to zero percent".

Your wife may want to talk to HR and point this out - it appears that the employer withheld money from the employee who needed it and sent it to the state who didn't want it.

Of course, $0.93 isn't very much in the grand scheme of things. I suspect that if you just proceeded to file, it will turn out fine.

Re: New Jersey SDI cannot be greater than 0

Danegr20 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 05:22:04 GMT

I am having the same issue, my 2023 W2 says $24 was withheld for NJ SDI.

Turbotax won't let me e-file if it isn't change to 0.

I need to file asap, but my employer is taking their sweet time getting back to me on the issue.

Obviously it needs to be $0 .

So do I have to wait for my employer to issue a corrected W2? Or can I just go ahead and change the $24 to $0 and submit my return now, or would I run the risk of it being rejected?

Thank you.

(Helpful link: https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/njit16.shtml)

Re: New Jersey SDI cannot be greater than 0

BillM223 — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 22:55:20 GMT

I don't THINK your return would be rejected upon e-filing, because the IRS normally doesn't care about state information.

So, you can go ahead and try it - zero out the NJSDI and e-file.

I also recommend that you document what you did and why, in case anyone ever asks.

@Danegr20

Re: New Jersey SDI cannot be greater than 0

hawke — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:14:30 GMT

Same error this year. Thought it was a bug first or that something was mis-entered, but thanks to this thread, I just zeroed it.