Employer's State ID missing in this year W2. is it ok to copy it from last year W2?

[tulikagupta2803]

My W2 has blank box 15, missing employer State ID. Its for Missouri. Looking at my last year W2, I am able to find employer State ID. My question is Do i have to report it to my employer and ask for new W2? Thanks! 

[Lisa995]

You may want to call the employer and be sure that their state ID number is still the same, I wouldn't wait around for a new W-2 if its the same as last year though.

[mhussein59]

Michigan Sports Medicine P.C

[d270]

Vandalia-Butler City Schools

[SuzanneD]

Yes, if you had the same employer last year you can use the same number. Only your employer can provide you with your employer's state ID number (and explain why it's not on your W-2.). If you do not have the EIN on your W-2, you can call your employer and ask for it. 

Good News! Your e-file return will still go through just fine, as long as there are no other errors on your return.  Your state department of revenue will be able to easily identify your employer from their 9-digit federal EIN, so the state ID number is a little redundant anyway, but is still a way that your state tracks employers in their internal state computer system.

However, the state employer ID number is really only a bureaucratic convenience for your state's department of revenue; it's simply not an essential element to the correct filing and processing of a valid personal income tax return (either state or federal).

[me1]

This is nice, but this year Ohio is rejecting returns that don't have one.  What a nightmare!

[saish1111]

I heard that if we don't have employer state ID, we need to file the tax returns by mail and not by eFiling.

[Lisa995]

If there's no state withholding and you were a full year OH resident, just leave all the state boxes empty.  If there IS state withholding, you NEED the state ID#

[saish1111]

what if state withholding is there and no state ID#? Can we enter Federal ID in place of state ID and go ahead?

[vaiomouse8]

This is no longer true. Turbo Tax WILL NOT allow you to E-file with a state ID missing on a W2, and instead forces you to file by mail. Other Advice from turbo tax associates say you can just put in "9999999" but on the actual online-software it says entering 9999999 will flag your return and it will be rejected.

[JamesG1 · Accepted solution]

Your W-2 is missing the employer’s state ID in box 15.

If you have the same employer as last year, it is probably the same number. 

But you may want to contact your employer’s Payroll department for the following reasons:

• To make sure that the number is still correct, and
• To find out why it was not included on your W-2.

See this help.

[Iamkookie]

That is correct. Just tried filing my taxes electronically, but I can't proceed electronically without the state ID number. 

[Iamkookie]

What if you didn't work for them last filing tax year? I work as a caregiver in Cali and if we are live in, we are exempt from state and federal taxes. Essentially our client is our employer, but the agency (IHSS) I work through sends out the w2's on their behalf, but I'm paid through the state treasury department.

[MarilynG1]

@Iamkookie Since this income is not taxable, you can enter the Income and an equal offset amount in the 'Other Income' section. 

Click this link for more info on Reporting IHSS Income. 

[AshesBaby]

It is the same for filing 2021 taxes in 2022.  Turbo Tax requires a number, and 9999999 does not work