My W-2 lists my local (State wages, tips, etc.) under box 16 and leaves box 18 blank, yet Turbo Tax has entered a higher amount than what is on box 18 and leaves box 16 blank.

[Lunna]

Turbo Tax lists my local wages, etc. under box 18 and leaves box 16 blank, yet my W-2 lists box 16 and leaves box 18 blank.  The thing is that Turbo Tax, in listing local wages under box 18, includes an amount that is more than 30,000 dollars more than what my W-2 listed under box 16.   Does that mean I would be paying less local taxes if Turbo Tax had simply listed my box 16 amount and not filled in box 18 (box 18, again, was left blank on my W-2).  I double checked what I filled in and the amounts I entered reflect what is on my W-2   (I didn't transfer the W-2 to Turbo Tax but entered the amounts in manually.) 

Can someone please explain what is going on? (FYI, I live in NYC, so I'm paying NY State and NYC local taxes)

Thanks.

[xmasbaby0]

It sounds like you entered the amounts from the boxes on your W-2.   You say that you did not import the W-2, but "filled in" the amounts in the software.  Sounds more like a user error that you need to correct yourself by going back to the W-2 entry screen and making some corrections---looking carefully at your own W-2.

[Lunna]

Thanks.  I checked my W-2 again, and Box 16 (State wages, tips, etc.) is filled in but Box 18 (Local wages, tips, etc.) is not, so I did not enter anything in my Turbo Tax for Box 18.  In fact, the "Let's double-check your state and local taxes" page in Turbo Tax specifically says "boxes 18-20 leave blank if empty on your form" - so I left box 18 blank.  Presumably, NY State (or NYC) will see Box 16 and hopefully my W-2 and figure out that my state and local wages were the same (and the same as my federal wages). 

I didn't mistype anything, but what threw/throws me is that the IT-2 Form (for NY), which says "DO NOT FILE," listed for Box 18 a higher amount than what is in Box 16a  (I'm assuming Box 16a is the same as Box 16) - and so I deleted the amount  that Turbo Tax filled in for Box 18 and now (I think) it is blank.  It appears that Box 1 on my IT-102 matches what is on my W-2 (and what I entered on my federal 1040 form), while, at least on the IT-2, the Box 18 amount (which, again, I left blank, per Turbo Tax's instructions) actually reflects Box 38  (NY State taxable income) and Line 47 (NYC taxable income).  Since Turbo Tax won't file the IT-2 (I hope it doesn't!), I don't think there's a problem (since NY State/NYC's taxable income obviously doesn't include the deduction I took for paying NY/NYC taxes, and reduced my deduction on top of that.  

Bottom line - I think that the IT-102 is correct, and that is what counts.

Please correct me if I'm wrong with any of the above.