Filling out PA state return. The source employer list the fedreal identification number (Box B ) and not the Employer Sate Id number box 15 on the w2. How to proceed?

[DianeW · Accepted solution]

Enter the federal identification number without the dash if the state ID is missing. 

Some customers do not have an Employer State Identification Number listed in Box 15 on the W-2. This is causing an error when going through Federal Review.

If employed and living in a state without income tax, remove the wages in Box 16. 

Be sure your two letter state abbreviation code is in place and then be sure you do not use any dashes or symbols in this field.

[taxquestionsguy]

Resurrecting old question. I am facing the same one. My W2 has stateid for the employer in Box 16 but Turbotax software still populated the Federal EIN. Is this correct? Is there a reason why it does so or this is an error also? If its an error, I am assuming I need to removed Federal EIN and enter the State EIN ?

[taxquestionsguy]

If I do edit and enter the correct id from my W2 (8 digites- for PA state), turbotax seem to add a 0 at the end automatically and make it 9 digits. There is no way I can stop it from doing this. Will it be okay if it adds a 0 at the end of the state employer Id?

[MarilynG]

The Federal ID is fine to put on your W-2 entry in Box 16 for State ID.  If the State ID is not the proper format (or number of digits), you can use the Federal  ID, or try adding a '0' in front of the State ID number that you have in Box 16.

Here's more info on the State ID. 

[taxquestionsguy]

Thanks