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W2 Box D is empty what should I do?

Turbo Tax is not importing my W2 without entering Control number , but Box D is Empty. Should I enter last year's Box D or just a junk number like 000000 to proceed? Is that ok? I read that IRS doesn't care about Box D control number, but not sure why Turbo Tax is insisting on it. Thank you. 

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MelindaS1
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W2 Box D is empty what should I do?

Here's the guidance from the article I have no box D or Control Number on my W-2:

 

A Control Number (box D) is used by many payroll departments to uniquely identify a W-2 in their system. If your W-2 doesn't have one, it's no big deal.

 

If you get errors when attempting to e-file with an empty box D, just enter any number in this format: 5 digits, space, 5 digits (for example, 12345 67890). The IRS doesn't care what's in box D.

 

If you get errors when attempting to import your W-2 with an empty box Dselect Type it in myself and manually enter your W-2.

(added emphasis mine)

 

Your best bet is manually typing in the W-2 data.

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