On my military W2 the address for me is a series of letters and numbers instead of an address. What do I put in under the W2 section for city, state, and zip code since there isn’t one listed?

[BillM223]

On your W-2, try choosing the option of Address Type of "Military (APO, FPO, or DPO)", and see if the boxes change to what you need. The Address Type defaults to U.S. Address unless you change it.

[clmoore357]

We actually looked up a little more info and the numbers/letters seem to be the finance office’s code that the pay is processed through. 

But even changing it to APO requires a city/state/zip. Will it be a problem if I just plug in our normal address? Or do we need to correct it through the military first? 

[BillM223]

Oh, good. Yes, just enter your normal address. Actually, the address that you enter on the W-2 isn't particularly important since the W-2 is tied to your Social Security number.

It is the address on your Personal Info or My Info that is important. This needs to be the address the IRS can reach at you at in case they need to mail you some communication.

[99redalberts]

Intuit refuses to let me submit my taxes because AE isn't a state.  But when I upload my W-2 its ok with it being an FPO and everything but when it goes through the review segment it gets fixated on the AE isn't a State.  How do I bypass this endless cycle of "AE isn't a State"?

[Critter-3]

Permission granted to just enter any stateside address on the W-2 input screen because IT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL.  

[DoninGA]

On the W-2 you entered for the employer's address did you change the Type of Address dropdown to APO, FPO or DPO?

[jthorp]

I'm looking at a similar issue of conflict of address error triggered in filing military return... and seeing only the employer address involved at the w-2 level. If the personal info is changed to current address it will also trigger a deployment state return instead of the state of residence for tax filing purposes. Still unclear...

[KrisD15]

When you enter your information in the "Personal Info" section, you should be selecting your state of residence for your filing. 

Your mailing address should not matter.

You also need to indicate that you serve. 

In TurboTax you should only be given an option to file a state return for your State of Residence unless your spouse elects a different state and/or you need to file a state for a refund. 

Can you explain what type of error you are getting? 

[jthorp]

So the w-2 gives a written employee address that reflects the state of deployment in the zip code-- which is a different state than the state of residence in box 15. 

It was the drop down for w-2 state that made this error impossible to clear since no military "AP" entry was an option there--only actual state abbreviations. It took tweaking the imported address info and especially the state of deployment and then navigating to an entry option that allowed a direct free choice entry of 2 -letter option as "AP" that cleared it finally from error (since only states can be entered in the standard view).