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Returning Member
posted Apr 30, 2021 4:30:51 PM

Form W-2 and 1099 reporting the same income.

I received both a W-2 and a 1099 MIsc from a suit for back wages. Both forms are for the same amount. How do I handle the forms?

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Level 15
Apr 30, 2021 7:38:03 PM

Did you receive both tax documents from the same issuer?  

 

 

Returning Member
May 13, 2021 4:02:02 PM

Yes

Expert Alumni
May 13, 2021 7:15:34 PM

Assuming that you can't get the issuer to issue a corrected W-2 or 1099 (or even admit that there is a problem), what you can do is enter both forms into TurboTax (which the IRS will expect, because they have copies of both), then in Wages & Income->Less Common Income->Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C->Other reportable income enter "Adjustment for duplicate income" and the negative of the amount on either the W-2 or 1099.

 

This will appear on Line 8 of Schedule 1 (1040) and reduce your overall income to the correct amount.

 

Make a note of why you did this, in case someone ever asks. To work around an error by the issuer is a perfectly valid reason.