TurboTax Free Edition automatically downloaded W-2 with no entry from me???

[rahosmer]

I have done my daughter's taxes using Free Edition for many years, including last year, Tax Year 2021.

Today I started her Free Edition for Tax Year 2022 with same ID/password used last year.

To my surprise, all the detailed 2022 W-2 information from one of her employers (same employer as was entered in 2021 Free Edition) was already in the return that I just started working on, without any input from me, such as entering the wages amount.

I thought that TurboTax was not allowed to download W-2's without going through a validation process which included manually entering W-2 information received on a paper W-2 from an employer or electronically from an employer.

Has that changed now so that TurboTax can download W-2's from the same employer entered in a previous year return, just using the Employer ID number itself, without any manual entry of dollar figures from the W-2 for validation?

Would we still have to compare all the dollar amounts shown in the automatically downloaded 2022 W-2 with the amounts on the actual 2022 W-2 (either paper or electronic), just to confirm that the download that apparently happened with no intervention from us is correct?

Please advise.

Thanks!

[HeatherPLO]

If the company is a TurboTax Import Partner, you can automatically import the information.  For more details on how this works, please see our Help Article.  

[rahosmer]

Hi HeatherPLO-

Yes, but the automatic import has to be initiated by the customer, right?  

In my case, I did not do anything to initiate the import at all, the 2022 W-2 information just appeared when started the new return for 2022 tax year.

I guess the rules now are that as long as TurboTax has the same Employer ID and your SSN from previous year return, the W-2 download happens as soon as you start a new tax year return with same employer, no entry required from customer.  Is that correct?

Thanks!

[HeatherPLO]

So we can take a closer look at your specific situation, please reach out to us directly using the Help Article here.  This ensures you will get to the correct department as quickly as possible.