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Tax Year Prior to 2020: 2020 w2 wage information

barryberl — Mon, 22 May 2023 19:05:01 GMT

I am experiencing a problem on TT premier for Mac. It is on the "enter your 2020 w-2 wage information" page. I enter my estimated wages in the wages field. The withholding box is only large enough to see 2 digits and the "withholding" header is 2 characters wide and shown vertically and not as a horizontal header. The amount entered for withholding is not visible and it shows an error message "withholding should not be more than wages" when i click on next

Re: 2020 w2 wage information

macuser_22 — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 22:05:00 GMT

Are you using the CD/download version or the online version?

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barryberl — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:41:53 GMT

its a download from Amazon.
thanks.

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vonrohr — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 13:50:41 GMT

I'm having the same problem. I also downloaded my version from Amazon and I have checked that my software is up to date.

The screen overlaps the boxes for 2020 wages and withholding, so you can't see any entry in wages. I tried entering the information in form view, but the final wages calculation was completely wrong.

Re: 2020 w2 wage information

macuser_22 — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:42:43 GMT

That sounds like a local computer screen sizing or resolution issue.

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barryberl — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 23:38:40 GMT

I doubt it very much. The rest of the entire tax prep process was fine. It is just this screen. It has to be a glitch in the software.

No one at TT knows what to do either.

Re: 2020 w2 wage information

macuser_22 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:17:20 GMT

@barryberl wrote:

I doubt it very much. The rest of the entire tax prep process was fine. It is just this screen. It has to be a glitch in the software.

No one at TT knows what to do either.

Software works fine. Exactly what screen are you on and what do you see?

This is what the W-2 enter screen looks like:

Re: 2020 w2 wage information

vonrohr — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:01:14 GMT

That's not the screen. It's the screen used to calculate 2020 estimated taxes. It's the only screen in the entire program that's got this glitch.

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vonrohr — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:12:13 GMT

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macuser_22 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:17:11 GMT

@vonrohr wrote:

That's not the screen. It's the screen used to calculate 2020 estimated taxes. It's the only screen in the entire program that's got this glitch.

This screen?

Re: 2020 w2 wage information

macuser_22 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:26:00 GMT

The long employer name is causing the other boxes to move to the right.

I will report it as a bug.

Re: 2020 w2 wage information

barryberl — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:26:11 GMT

yes, that is the screen. Mine looks exactly like vonrohr's screen

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barryberl — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:29:23 GMT

I just shortened the name of both of our employers and that corrected the problem. At least now I can finish up and then revert back to the long name before filing.

Thanks for your help.

Re: 2020 w2 wage information

macuser_22 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:47:38 GMT

There are two lines on the W-2 for for the employers name. As a workaround, You can enter part (short) on the top line and the rest on the 2nd line and only the top will print on that estimated tax screen. That will not affect the W-2 for filing.

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vonrohr — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 03:01:02 GMT

Yes.

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georgeruppel1 — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 20:47:46 GMT

How do you shorten the employer name (in the estimated taxes 2020 section)?

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VictorW9 — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:03:25 GMT

It is okay to abbreviate your employer's name. The important thing is that you have the correct EIN for your employer.