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Turbo tax is not accepting box 15 on my W2 says it's invalid. Aren't we supposed to keep the W2 exactly as it shows? Not sure what to do?

 
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ee-ea
Level 15

Turbo tax is not accepting box 15 on my W2 says it's invalid. Aren't we supposed to keep the W2 exactly as it shows? Not sure what to do?

What is in box 15 of your  W-2?

Turbo tax is not accepting box 15 on my W2 says it's invalid. Aren't we supposed to keep the W2 exactly as it shows? Not sure what to do?

boxes 15 -20 are only needed if the state taxes wages

these states don't tax wages

  1. Alaska
  2. Florida
  3. Nevada
  4. New Hampshire
  5. South Dakota
  6. Tennessee 
  7. Texas
  8. Washington
  9. Wyoming

Turbo tax is not accepting box 15 on my W2 says it's invalid. Aren't we supposed to keep the W2 exactly as it shows? Not sure what to do?

Employer's state iD number....

dmertz
Level 15

Turbo tax is not accepting box 15 on my W2 says it's invalid. Aren't we supposed to keep the W2 exactly as it shows? Not sure what to do?

Box 15 of TurboTax's W-2 form consists of two parts, the two letter state identifier and the employer's state tax ID.  Do not  combine the two-letter state identifier in the box with the employer's state tax ID even though they might be shown as a single group of characters on the W-2 provided by the employer.

Turbo tax is not accepting box 15 on my W2 says it's invalid. Aren't we supposed to keep the W2 exactly as it shows? Not sure what to do?

If there is nothing in boxes 16 & 17 on the W-2  then leave boxes 15 thru 20 blank in the program as they are unneeded.    

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