topic Re: W2 box 16 in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

W2 box 16

louannandthom — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:16:13 GMT

My W2 box 16 has a negative value. When I try to input that, TT requires that the value be 0 or more. How to fix or work around this bug?

Re: W2 box 16

Bsch4477 — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:35:04 GMT

What are the amounts in box 1 and box 16?

Re: W2 box 16

louannandthom — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:08:30 GMT

Box 1 5943.61
Box 16 -30.35

Re: W2 box 16

BillM223 — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:20:25 GMT

With this entry, your employer is saying that you had negative 30.35 dollars of income in whatever state is in box 15.

This sounds like a mistaken calculation in the software that generated your W-2.

I suppose it is possible that this state has some adjustment that would reduce the apparent income to be less than zero. Since I don't know the state, I can't be sure, but I imagine that any calculation here that results in a number less then zero, should be set to zero.

Contact your employer and ask what this entry in box 16 is supposed to be, and then get a corrected W-2.