When your W-2 shows 2 Employer's state and or local ID numbers, enter both individually in TurboTax.
If you worked for the same company, in two different states or localities last year, boxes 15-20 may have 2 lines of information (based upon your state's tax law) these are your state amounts.
Complete the first state's information for boxes 15-20 as shown on your W-2.
To add the second state's information for boxes 15-20 as shown on your W-2:
There is no second state, no other numbers for boxes 15-20. Do I duplicate what is in the boxes using the second State ID number?
No, do not duplicate the amounts from the first state ID, boxes 16-20, into the row with the second state ID, with empty boxes 16-20.
Add the row that includes a state ID number and amounts in boxes 16-20 into TurboTax.
Leave the row with the second state ID number and no amounts in boxes 16-20 blank.
I have 2 employee state ID numbers, with 2 separate amounts in the number 16 state wages box ..but both are for the same state of Minnesota.. how do I enter this properly?
Please clarify @Rachaellynn1989 where you have one or more W-2s. If you have more than one W-2, you should enter each on separately.
Generally you should only have one employer per W-2. If your employer went through a change, such as a sale or merger, generally you would get two W-2s.
I also have 2. I did PCA for 2 boys that both have their own state number. How do I enter those. One W-2 but 2 numbers under state. Two separate stats taxes and 2 separate incomes. Combined federal tax
@brmariero When your W-2 shows 2 Employer's state and or local ID numbers, enter both individually in TurboTax.
Hi,
I have never had residence in NY (my family lives there but did not claim me on there taxes this year). I work and live permanently in PA. However, my W2 is showing 2 state ID's, NY and PA. When filing taxes should I remove NY (or put 0$ PA taxable income) in order to account for the extra NY taxes that have been taken out of my pay check every cycle? Or is there some other paper work I have to file for state reconciliation or something?
Thanks 🙂
Since you lived and worked in PA and are not a dependent on someone's return you will file a NY non-resident return and allocate zero income to NY. This will net a refund of the taxes withheld by NY shown on your W2.
In TurboTax in the "My Info" section, indicate PA is your resident state. "Continue" and then scroll down to the "Other State Income" topic. There you will indicate you earned money in another state and select NY from the dropdown list. This will generate the NY non-resident return.
After entering the W2 information and completing any deductions/credits topics that apply to you in the federal interview, you will eventually arrive at the state interviews. Complete the NY interview. Be sure to allocate zero income to NY throughout the interview.
Then complete your PA resident interview.
This didn't answer the question, please answer. Two control numbers, one state.
It depends. If there is only one state withholding, then use the the employer information for that state. Otherwise, if there is more than one state you should use the employer for each appropriate withholding.
Please update here if you need more information.
@ewilth
Turbo tax doesn't allow me to submit my return with 2 control numbers for the same state on one W2.
That’s what ours is and they haven’t answers the question. I have always had 2. I do PCA for 2 brothers. They have their own state I.D. It’s worked every other year. Now this year. NOPE!! Been on the phone numerous times for a huge amount of time.
No it’s the same state. When we enter it in Turbo and try to finalize. It says you cannot have 2 Minnesotas .
A Control Number (box D) is used by many payroll departments to uniquely identify a W-2 in their system. If your W-2 doesn't have one, it's no big deal - you can leave this field blank.
If you get errors when attempting to e-file with an empty box D, just enter any number in this format: 5 digits, space, 5 digits (for example 12345 67890). The IRS doesn't care what's in box D.
If you get errors when attempting to import your W-2 with an empty box D, select Skip import and manually enter your W-2. You won't be able to import using the above solution for e-filing. @ewilth
If you have multiple state taxes withheld in Box 17 of your W-2, click on Add Another State underneath Box 15. See the image below with wages sourced from 3 different states.
Same state but 2 different I D numbers and when I try to file it says I cannot have 2 under the same state. I have filed this way for 4 years and now it don’t work.
Do you have any local taxes in boxes 18-20? If so, check your entry in Box 20, because some states require a very specific entry. However, you might not have local tax at all. In this case, you will want to use one of the two ID numbers. The best one to use is the one associated with income and withholdings in boxes 15 and 16. If you submit with one number and the state rejects it, then try the other. If that rejects, then call the state and ask for the protocol, or mail it in this year. And if you wish to leave feedback for customer service, please call in this experience to our phone customer support service by using the instructions in the following link: How do I contact TurboTax?
Once again the original question is not being answered. This is a W2 with one state (Minnesota) and 2 ID numbers listed. Turbotax indicates there are duplicate numbers and rejecting the submission but the entries are entered correctly. This has worked in all other past years but not this year. This is a bug in the Turbotax software that needs to be corrected.
Unfortunately, at this stage in the season these types of program experiences cannot be addressed. We can submit the issue, but it is likely not going to be addressed until after the April 18th deadline. Thus, I provided the advice I did in the last post. If you can get either of the two numbers to be accepted electronically, or even use the company's EIN number in the state ID space, then this is an e-file workaround. Otherwise, you will either need to mail in the return or file an extension.
Were you ever able to figure out what to do? I’m in the same situation.
Nope. They told me that I had to paper file. It’s obviously a software glitch. As when I printed to file. They look just like my previous years. Really kind of made me mad as Turbo charged me extra to help me and didn’t fix it.