The employer IDs and federal wages are identical on both, but the state and local numbers are totally different. I'm guessing this is because the locations are in different cities. Do I just file both W-2s in full, or is there something special I should do?
Treat them as one W2 with some duplicate information. But be sure to fill in two separate lines box 15-20 to reflect the income and state tax withholding for each state.
The state is the same on both though, only the city is different. The state wages and tax on the 2nd W-2 are just blank. So should I only add a second row for boxes 18-20, or still for 15-20?
Only for 18-20. Just make sure your final W-2 entry includes all of the income and withholding, without duplication.
Sure, @re2boys. Didn't mean to butt in; thought you may be out of the forum.
Sorry to be picky, I just wanna make sure I'm clear so I don't have issues... Here's the information as it shows up on my W-2s, filed in separate rows (first row of each is 1st W-2, 2nd row of each is 2nd W-2).
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You're saying just nix the 2nd row on boxes 15-17 altogether even though there's some information in box 15 & the employer state ID box?
Sorry for the confusion. Under the state box (Box 15), use OH and you can just total the OH withholding in Box 17. There won't be any need to enter those separately, since it's all been withheld and sent to the OH Department of Revenue from the same employer and employer ID. Only the portions that are different must be entered separately. So the two separate localities must be entered separately using Boxes 18-20, since those tax dollars were submitted to separate places. Does that make sense?
@Adinga I just noticed in your original post that you said "the state and local numbers are totally different". I can see that the local numbers would be different, but is the State ID # for the employer different? That number should be identical. Just checking.
Yeah, that's why I used A in both boxes there, it's the same.
By different numbers I meant boxes 16 & 17 are blank on one and filled on the other.
Great. So now is this as "clear as mud"? 🙂 Do you have other questions?
Yes, everything makes sense now! Once again sorry for nitpicking. Thank you so much for all your help 😄
No problem at all, @Adinga! Not nitpicking....this is the IRS! 🙂 Blessings!
I worked for the same company but in different states. Should the state income total the federal income?
When I was done with adding lines for local it was only showing wages from first w2
Speak with payroll to determine how the income was reported.
If you have two W-2's from the same employer, but only one of them has amounts in box 1 through 6, enter it as one W-2 into TurboTax.
If you have two W-2's from the same employer and they DUPLICATE your income, only enter the income you earned. Contact Payroll and have them issue a corrected W-2 for one of the W-2's.
I have two w's as well and it's only the 18-19 boxes with the localized and it's still saying I owe... Could I be my work did something wrong when calculating. It changed from one locality to three (one was old work location, second was new buildings location, and I work from home so I guess my location is on there too?)
Enter them as one W-2, for federal and state income
Then enter city/locality information separately using each line for one city/locality .
I did that... And it's still saying I owe taxes like it's wrong... That's the only thing that was new for my income this past year. Everything else is the same as last year (INT, HSA). Could it be my W2 is incorrect... The company modified the localities on their own I didn't touch anything. My original work location closed and the moved to a new building, and put me as flex (works from home but also works on location as needed).
Income from Box 18, Local wages, tips, etc. will not affect what you owe on your federal and state income taxes @aeh2020, Something else must have changed.
Box 19, Local income tax, is a possible deduction, depending on whether you are using itemized deductions.
Go back into your W-2 and change all your Box 18 and 19 amounts to $0 and see if you still owe tax. If you do, it means your tax owed has nothing to due with your locality taxes (make sure to change the amounts back to what they were before moving forward).
So before doing anything else it did I owed now it says my return is only $118 for the federal... Apparently the federal is the issue. I removed the amounts and put 0's. Still same ending.
Could my Other category be causing that in box 14? I have the LST and the PASUI. LST was $52, PASUI was $24. That's the only other thing to change (in last year's return I just started at the company). I also did not claim myself as a dependent for my W4 and didn't change it since I started at the company. I'm not sure what else would have changed... Starting to get nervous they messed up my wages....
No. The amount in Box 14 would not be affecting the results of your tax return. It sounds to me like you may not have had enough federal withholdings on your income. You may want to look at adjusting the federal withholdings for 2022.
That's the thing though I don't know how that would change I didn't claim myself... I select 0 for line 5 so they take out as much as possible on my w4... what would I even change that to?????? I worked for this company 2020 and had no issues but maybe that was because I only worked there a month? I just started then...... I selected 0 for my form so they take out the most possible....