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My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

 
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Carl
Level 15

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

Go back in "as if" you are going to enter another W-2. THen you can delete the problem W-2 and re-enter it anew. If the problem still occurs, then we'll check a few other areas one at a time so as to avoid confusion.

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

is it because his line 1 and 2 are different on the w2?

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

it did not fix it when i did that.
Carl
Level 15

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

Now check under the Personal Info tab and work through his personal information. You're looking for the "did he earn money in another state" stuff. I'm assuming he did not, so NO should be selected.
Now, if at one time you selected YES and then later changed it to NO, I need to know that.

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

I selected no since we have not been outside of our state for two years.
Carl
Level 15

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

Anything if box 12 of the W-2? If so, what code or codes?

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

Box 12 has D and GG
Carl
Level 15

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

There is no valid code "GG", but there is a valid code "G" for box 12. Both of those indicate tax deferred retirement contributions. I've never seen both codes on a single W-2, as they are two different types of tax deferred retirement accounts. You sure you typed the codes right in your post above? The double "GG" just isn't valid.
I'm starting to think your W-2 may be messed up by the issuer.

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

it was G sorry.
and all of the taxes deferred are for his retirement fund yes
Carl
Level 15

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

I think I'm way off base here. So exactly where in the program is it identifying income as "foreign"?

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

It said it is in his w2. Is it possibly because his line 1 and 2 are different? I've never seen a w2 with that.
Carl
Level 15

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

YOu mean box 1 and 3? Check your numbers. It's not at all uncommon for boxes 1 and 3 to be different. Generally, boxes 3 and 5 are the same though.
Carl
Level 15

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

Are there any other sources of income reported on the tax return, besides W-2? I'm wondering if there is a problem, but the program's "error finding routines" are pointing you to the wrong place.

My husband's w2 is showing he had a foreign income when he did not and i cannot properly file until i fix it. how do i do this? (its making me fill out a form 2555-s

He had his GI bill paying for school, but it covered all his expenses for that and nothing else.

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