W-2 may be wrong? What to do now?

[reddog1103]

in 2021 my husband worked for one company but part of the year in GA and part in TN and has residency in AL.  The company sent  3  w-2s. They have the wages, fed tax withheld, SS wages and tax withheld, and Medicare wages and tax withheld  being EXACTLY the same. The difference is that down in the state area, one is for GA and the other for AL (TN does not have state income tax), and one is for TN with no state taxes taken. To use easy numbers as an example, instead of looking like he made $100 total all year it looks like he made a total of $300! It looks like he earned $100 in GA, $100 in TN, and $100 in AL (via no tax TN). What do we need to do so we can get this fixed and file taxes? 

[ee-ea]

What is in box 15 on each w-2?

[reddog1103]

one says AL, one says TN, one says GA.  

[calcwoman]

If I understand you correctly, his income would have been tripled for federal income tax purposes also.   There is room on one W-2 form to enter wage and withholding information for two states, and I don't think TN needs to be mentioned at all since there is no personal income tax there.  It sounds like whoever prepared the W-2 forms made a major error here.  I believe you should check with your husband's company regarding having them correct the W-2 forms with the IRS and each state.

You may also want to check with the IRS about this because you will more than likely need to file an extension until the corrections are made unless the IRS has a better suggestion.  I would file an extension anyway (both federal and state) and then keep trying to contact the IRS and state governments on this also.  Maybe they can give you some good "official" advice on this.

[reddog1103]

thank you so much! will start the extension requests tonight and start trying to contact IRS and his employer Monday.