PA state return box 1 different than box 16

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January 20, 2022
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I am having an issue in the application for filing a Pennsylvania state return. When I get to the Compensation Summary page I check the wage amount for PA and it shows what is in box 1 instead of what I entered in my W2 for box 16. The issue is that Box 1 is less than box 16 because of 401k contributions. The website is forcing me to make these match on the PA state return. How do I get it to reflect the actual amount in box 16? Every time I try to change it on the state return Verify this income page it tells me "Can't be more than your federally reported wages."

I have confirmed that the difference between box 1 and 16 is the amount in box 13 for 401k contributions.

Example:

box 1 is 50000 box 16 is 53000 and box 13 is 3000.

Best answer by SteamTrain

it's box 12 = 3000 Correct?

Make sure PA is in the box 15 state

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1) You could try deleting the W-2 entirely, and re-entering it from scratch..

2) If you are using the desktop software, there were some software updates issued last night...run your updates and try again

3) You might need to call Customer Support, and have them check it out and issue a ticket:

What is the TurboTax phone number? (intuit.com)

SteamTrainAnswer

Level 15

it's box 12 = 3000 Correct?

Make sure PA is in the box 15 state

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1) You could try deleting the W-2 entirely, and re-entering it from scratch..

2) If you are using the desktop software, there were some software updates issued last night...run your updates and try again

3) You might need to call Customer Support, and have them check it out and issue a ticket:

What is the TurboTax phone number? (intuit.com)

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*

xnickygxAuthor

Level 2

Apologies, it is 12b not 13.

Box 15 does show PA and all the information that is entered on the W2 is the same as what is on my actual W2.

1. I haven't tried this. I will try it and see what happens. I did also noticed that on my wife's and my own that it also does not pull the Employer ID for box 15 into state return and puts the FED EID in there instead.

2. Using the web version not desktop

3. If all else fails I will contact.

SteamTrain

Level 15

Not sure how the State ID thing happened. Make sure it's changed to whatever is on the actual W-2 forms.

I think that a few states do also use the Fed ID as the state ID number, but I don't know what PA uses. None of the several state's I've lived in use the Fed ID for the State ID number.

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*