For one of my employers I have two W-2s: one for NY and one for NJ. When I imported each separately, many boxes were missing info for the NJ one, and boxes 1-14 had duplicate info and I assumed shouldn't be reported twice. So since the FED ID # is the same and boxes 1-14 are identical, I just imported the NY one and decided to add any NJ info manually. However, a little confused due to discrepancies:
Box 15-16 are filled on NY W-2 but empty on NJ W-2 copy B (federal filing copy), but on NJ copy 2 (state reference and filing copies) box 15 shows "NJ" and the same employer state ID as NY, and box 16 has a lower amount than the NY W-2 copy B. Box 17 has a lower amount on NY W-2 than NJ W-2 for copy B, but a higher amount compared to NJ W-2 copy 2. Box 19 is empty for NY W-2 copy B, but filled for the NY W-2 copy 2; conversely, box 19 is filled on NJ W-2 copy B (with the same amount as on the NY) but empty on the NJ W-2 copy 2.
After filling the W-2 on TurboTax, I guess the main question I have is where would the higher NJ W-2 box 17 value go? Using example values to make this clearer: on the NY W-2, box 17 shows $2. On the NJ W-2, box 17 on the federal copy shows $3 (higher) but on the state filing/reference copies show $1 (lower). I'm leaning toward using $1 for box 17 in TurboTax since the income from NJ is lower so seems to correspond, but then I don't know where or if the $3 is to be input or if that's a mistake on the W-2. I'll just not use the $3 for now.
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