It keeps telling me my Employers State ID no needs to be 14 characters but the one on my W2 is only 11 characters. please help

[DoninGA]

Are you referring to the Employers State I.D. Number in box 15 of the W-2?  Which state?

[MarilynG1]

If your State Employers ID is 11 characters, but you get an error message saying it needs to be 14 characters, try adding random digits to your employer's State ID until the field is full. 

You really do not need this number to file your tax return.

While it is preferred that you use an employer's state ID number if you have one, it's not essential if you don't.  The only truly indispensable elements on a W-2 for income tax filing purposes are your employer's Federal EIN (Employer's ID number), your own Social Security Number (SSN), and your actual wage data.

You could also try using your employer's Federal ID number in this field when entering your W-2 in TurboTax.

[SteamTrain]

Yeah, as already asked...which state!

I think UT has to end with something like " WTH ", or "wth "....and used to be that the case (upper or lower ) for the "wth" part was important in prior years....but I don't recall which was required then . 

Just checked a post from last year, someone said lower case "wth" worked

(IF the software folks got their act together, then either upper-or-lower case would be accepted this year)