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form 8959 was triggered but should not be. I have deleted and reentered my W2 information but it did not clear. Please help clear this form

 
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form 8959 was triggered but should not be. I have deleted and reentered my W2 information but it did not clear. Please help clear this form

You are seeing this because the amount of Medicare taxes withheld in box 6 is Not exactly 1.45% of the Medicare wages in box 5.  Remove any cents for the Medicare wages and see if the upgrade message goes away.

form 8959 was triggered but should not be. I have deleted and reentered my W2 information but it did not clear. Please help clear this form

You might be seeing this because the amount of Medicare taxes withheld in W2 box 6 is not exactly 1.45% of the Medicare wages in box 5, due to rounding.

 

I read a post that said to try leaving the cents off of the Medicare tax on your W2 box 6.   Box 6 has to be exactly 1.45% of box 5 or less.   

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