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Box 18-20 blank on W2, I assume this means my employer did not withhold local taxes?

The Employer is in GA and I am in PA.  Could this be the reason they did not withhold tax?
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MargaretL
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Box 18-20 blank on W2, I assume this means my employer did not withhold local taxes?

Yes, you are correct. If the fields are blank, it means there's no withholding and it does happen often if the employer is located in a different state.

one1deuce
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Box 18-20 blank on W2, I assume this means my employer did not withhold local taxes?

hello. my employer is in Missouri, i am in California and my box 18 is blank. but box 19 is $968. my online tax form keeps giving me an error because it says box 18 cannot be blank. when i enter 0 into box 18 i get another error saying that box 19 has to be less than 30% of box 18?

KrisD15
Employee Tax Expert

Box 18-20 blank on W2, I assume this means my employer did not withhold local taxes?

Check with your company's payroll department. 

 

Box 19 is the local tax withheld, so box 18, which is the income you earned for that tax to be withheld on, can't be zero. 

 

It seems they will need to issue you a corrected W-2. 

 

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Box 18-20 blank on W2, I assume this means my employer did not withhold local taxes?

How do i go about filing this will i owe money back in taxes

Box 18-20 blank on W2, I assume this means my employer did not withhold local taxes?

Do i owe back in taxes if my employer didn’t put anything for lines 18-20 when there in tx an im in IN which is local tax state

Box 18-20 blank on W2, I assume this means my employer did not withhold local taxes?

@Kiyahbaby1013 Your state tax amounts are in boxes 16 and 17.    Boxes 18-20 are for city or local taxes.   Many people do not have anything in those boxes.   If they are blank on your W-2 leave them blank when you enter the information from your W-2.

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Box 18-20 blank on W2, I assume this means my employer did not withhold local taxes?

When I try to leave these boxes blank (im using an online company to file), it tells me that I cannot leave them blank and will not allow me to move on.

JamesG1
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Box 18-20 blank on W2, I assume this means my employer did not withhold local taxes?

("I'm using an online company to file")

 

Are  you saying that you are not using TurboTax to prepare your tax return?  If so, our ability to help you here may be limited.

 

In TurboTax Online, you are able to delete lines 18 through 20 of the Form W-2 if those lines are not reporting information.

 

In TurboTax Online, click the trashcan icon to the right of the line line to remove the lines.

 

 

Does the software that you are using allow you to remove those lines, as well?

 

@ValerieKerch 

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Box 18-20 blank on W2, I assume this means my employer did not withhold local taxes?

I actually decided to use Turbotax and it did allow me to leave those spaces blank.

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