Got two W-2s, different work locations within the same company. How should I file?

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June 1, 2019
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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?

Update: When I put both in, Turbotax now says I owe money and assumes that I made twice what I actually did because the federal income and tax numbers are identical on both.

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Best answer by re2boys

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.

re2boysAnswer

Level 9

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.

AdingaAuthor

Level 2

Thank you! That makes a lot of sense.

Gars150no

Level 2

When I was done with adding lines for local it was only showing wages from first w2

KrisD15

Level 15

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.

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aeh2020

Level 2

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?)

LoganathanB

Level 7

Enter them as one W-2, for federal and state income

Then enter city/locality information separately using each line for one city/locality .

aeh2020

Level 2

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).