What is Floridas state ID number?

[hannahgkirkland]

My W-2 does not have this info because Florida doesn't have state taxes but it will not let me continue without t

[KrisD15]

The program may be asking for the EIN number for the employer. 

That would be listed on your W-2 as the Employer Identification Number EIN in Box b just above the Employer name and address. 

There should not be any Florida State Tax withheld in Box 17 on your W-2, so the program should not be asking for a state ID for Florida. 

If you received any unemployment from Florida, that number would be on your 1099-G reporting the unemployment.  

If your W-2 is showing an error that does not make sense, and you imported the W-2, 

delete it and enter it manually (type it in) .

[SteamTrain]

On a W-2, for Floriday, and any other state without an income tax

.....You leave boxes 15-20 entirely empty.

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You only need that info for states listed in box 15 of a W-2, that actually have an income tax.

[nmoconnor]

That has ALWAYS been the case before: if your state does not have income tax you can just leave the Employer's state ID number box (#15) on your W-2 blank. This year, ie. for 2022, when you get to the e-file stage, that box MUST be completed, or you have to file by mail, according to my TurboTax software. If this proves to be the case I'm leaving TurboTax after 20-odd years, because in my case at least there is NEVER going to be an Employer's state ID number in that box.

Anyone have a solution for this????

[SteamTrain]

@nmoconnor 

Are you sure boxes 15, 16 and 17 are all entirely blank??

no spaces...no zero's

[SteamTrain]

IF not that..somone said putting the federal ID number in from up-top worked.

[nmoconnor]

You're quite right, I HAD transferred all of the information on my W-2 to TurboTax, without filling Box 15 since I live in a no-income tax state; I did enter the state and the figure. When I went back and simply deleted the State income data completely I was able to E-file with no problem.

That said, for 2021 -- I checked -- the state and income boxes were populated, nothing in the Employer's state ID # box, and E-filing went without a hitch. TurboTax users should be able to expect the same actions to produce the same results from year to year unless a change in procedure is obvious. As it was, I had no clue what I was doing wrong.

Thank you SteamTrain!