On W2, it has two lines for boxes 15-20. They are in CA but with different Employer's ID and Locality name (Box 20). It warns me that box 15 can only have one State.

[KrisD15]

Your employer should only have one state ID number. 

You should be entering this as one line,

State and state taxes withheld

Local wages and local wages withheld. 

If the W2 has this entry split, enter it as one line and use the California ID from the line with the state withholding listed. 

Please verify (with your employer) that local tax for a city or county of another state was not withheld. That might happen if you live in a different state than where you work. 

[shijiakimi]

Thanks Kris.

My W2 looks like this

box 15                        | box 16(State wages, tips, etc) | box 17(State income tax)

CA, employer_id_1 | 12345.67                                     | 1234.56

CA, employer_id_2 | 1.23                                              | (empty)

box 18(Local wages, tips, etc) | box 19(Local income tax) | box 20(Locality name)

12345.67                                     | 123.45                                  | CASDI_empolyer_id_1

456.78                                          | 1.23                                      | CASDI_employer_id_2

Whay I did on turbo tax is to merge box 15-17 as CA, employer_id_1 & emplyer_id_2, and adding up the numbers in box 16 and 17. In this way, I merge these two rows for box 15-17 into one line. For box 18-20 I just kept them as is. Is that what I should do?

Thank you in advance.

[LenaH]

Since CASDI_employer_id_2 withheld local income tax, as well as CASDI_employer_id_1, then please list each entry separately on your W-2 input.

For Box 20, please confirm with your employer what different localities were withheld since it only listed their employer ID number. 

@shijiakimi

[shijiakimi]

Thanks Lena! @LenaH 

Currently, I input these two rows as the following.

box 15                                                         | box 16                  | box 17

CA, employer_id_1 & employer_id_2  | 12345.67 + 1.23 | 1234.56

For box 18-20, I input them as two rows.
I think it is because the W2 is from Trinet (an HR service). It puts my earnings from two companies together into one W2. If Trinet confirmed what I got on W2 is correct, the above method I used should be the correct way to report it, right? 

[LenaH]

No. If your W-2 is from an HR service and it lists your earnings from two companies together into one W-2, then I would keep Box 15-17 separate as well. You can list them by their ID numbers as you did for Box 18-20. 

@shijiakimi

[shijiakimi]

Thanks @LenaH 

That's what I tried to do at the first time. But TurboTax doesn't allow me to put two rows with the same State code (CA in this case).

[ErnieS0]

Your employer may have incorrectly entered California SDI and/or VPDI in lines 15-20 since you said they are listed as CASDI.

Those numbers may belong on line 14 of your W-2 with the categories California SDI tax and California VPDI tax.

The SDI rate is 1.1% and the VPDI rate is 1%. If that seems to match up, move one or both entries into Box 14. 

[shijiakimi]

Thanks Ernie @ErnieS0 

Tha rate is about 1.19%. I don't know if it matches the expectation of CASDI. On my spouse's W2, the CASDI and VPDI are indeed in box 14. Should I contact the employer (or the HR service company) to have a W2c then?

[ErnieS0]

Do contact your employer @shijiakimi. Some employers are reluctant to issue corrected W-2s but you can move the amount to Box 14 if you confirm it is CASDI.

You won't have a problem with the Franchise Tax Board. CASDI does to EDD. You're more likely to have an issue if you filed CASDI as state tax withheld because that won't match FTB records,

[taxinquiry]

I have the same problem and also receive a W-2 from tri-net , a professional employer organization.  It seems that Tri-Net serves as my employer of record (I do not work for Tri-Net) in order to manage the benefits and HR as the W-2 lists Tri-Net as the employer.  I believe that what happened is that I switched to a new company in July 2022 and both companies used Tri-Net, as I see both companies in my Tri-Net account when I log in.  Both companies are in California.  So apparently Tri-net has combined them both on the same W-2.  The federal portion looks like it was added together, however the state part , lines 15 through 20, have two lines with 2 different CASDI, presumably from the two different employers.  I created 2 lines in Turbo Tax by "Add another state" and then selecting California for both states.  As described above, I received an error statement saying that I could not have 2 lines with the same state name and Turbo Tax returned me to the page and asked me to fix the error.  I clicked that I had fixed the error and Turbo Tax allowed me to proceed and did not send me anymore error messages.  So it appears that I was able to get Turbo Tax to accept the entry, but my question is will Turbo tax correctly calculate my taxes, especially the state portion?  Also, should Tri-Net have sent me a separate W-2 for each company instead of combining them?

[AbrahamT]

Yes, Tri- Net should have issued you two W2's one from each company seperately. You should verify from each one of your employers exactly what the amounts were and compare that to what Tri-net is issuing to you and enter them seperately. We never combine wages on the same W-2.  

[jessielee2023]

I have the same problem and also receive a W-2 from tri-net has combined them both companies on the same W-2. lines 15 through 20, have two lines with 2 different CASDI from the two different employers.  I created 2 lines in Turbo Tax by "Add another state" and then selecting California for both states. I still received an error statement saying that I could not have 2 lines with the same state name and Turbo Tax returned me to the page and asked me to fix the error. What I should do? Thanks

[MarilynG1]

If Box 1 on your W-2 shows the correct total amount of Wages for both employers added together, you can add the lines 15-10 together into one entry in TurboTax.

Use the Federal ID number in Box 15.  The total of the two Box 16 amounts for State Wages should equal the amount reported in Box 1.  

Or, you can make two separate W-2 entries as suggested above, but you will need to split the Box 1 amount between them. 

@jessielee2023 

[jessielee2023]

@MarilynG1 Thanks for your reply.

I followed your instruction:

Added line 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and made each of them one line.

Line 20 has CASDIXXX-XXXX-X & CASDIYYY-YYYY-Y

Line 15, tried to put XXXXXXXX & YYYYYYYY, but it only accepts numbers, so the results is: XXXXXXXXYYYYYYYY

The above change can pass TurboTax's check.

Question: I paid more than $1601.60 for CASDI, how can i ask the amount i paid more than $1601.60 back?

Your help is greatly appreciated!