Tax Year 2020: Not Importing W2s

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January 14, 2021
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Is anyone else experiencing a problem where they are being forced to manually enter their W2s? The companies both my husband and I work for have not changed. Every year prior to Tax Year 2020, the software has automatically imported both our W2s. With this year's software, however, it is not. It isn't even asking if I want to import. It is simply taking me to the page to enter the W2 information after I enter the EIN.

xmasbaby0

Level 15

Your W-2 might not be available for import yet. Employers have until February 1 to make them available. If you have the W-2 in hand, it takes about a minute to key it in.

Every 2020 W-2 that you received must be reported on your 2020 tax return, even if they are for small amounts. Remember that each one of those W-2’s has your Social Security number on it, and that income was reported to the IRS by the employer. You do not want to get in trouble with the IRS for under-reporting your income.

ALL of your W-2’s must be entered on the SAME tax return.

Go to Federal>Wages & Income to enter a W-2.

After you enter the first one, you click Add Another W-2.

W-2's come from your employer, and they have until February 1 to issue it. Some employers allow you to import the W-2 through the software, but for security reasons you still need information from the actual W-2 to import it. You might need to phone, drop in, email and/or snail mail an old employer to make sure they know where to send your W-2.

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HappyMommyAuthor

Level 2

The issue is not that they aren’t importing. It’s that at no time is it prompting to ask if I would like to do so. In every prior year’s software that was the function.

TiffanyL

Level 11

Your W-2 might not be available for import yet. Employers have until February 1st to make them available. If you have the W-2 in hand, it takes about a minute to key it in. I have provided a link below on how to import or enter your W-2 information:

How do I enter or import my W-2

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