I changed offices in February 2020, but I still get paid by the same overall employer. I received two w-2s for 2020. One is completely filled out with DC listed as the state in box 15 and amounts in boxes 16 and 17. The second w-2 has no information in boxes 1-14, with VA listed as the state in box 15 and amounts in boxes 16 and 17.
Boxes 15-17 in both w-2s do not match. I have contacted my payroll office to confirm which state taxes were taken out of my income throughout the year and they informed me that no DC taxes were taken out, yet one of my w-2s lists DC in box 15.
My employer is located in DC and I live in VA and so I am guessing this is the reason for the two different w-2s, but under the tax reciprocity agreement between DC, MD, and VA, they should only be taking out VA taxes.
My question is how do I enter in the w-2 information. Do I enter the w-2s separately or together?
If separately, what do I enter in the empty boxes to ensure that my taxes will e-file without error?
If together, do I just include the boxes 15-17 information from the mostly blank w-2 as another line in the other w-2?
[i.e.
Box 15 --> DC; Box 16 --> (Amount from 1st W-2); Box 17 --> (Amount from 1st W-2)
Box 15 --> VA; Box 16 --> (Amount from 2nd W-2); Box 17 --> (Amount from 2nd W-2)
]
Or should I just only list VA in box 15 and enter the sum of the box 16 amounts and box 17 amounts from both w-2s?
[i.e.
Box 15 --> VA; Box 16 --> (Amount from 1st W-2 + Amount from 2nd W-2);
Box 17 --> (Amount from 1st W-2 + Amount from 2nd W-2)]
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Is the employer saying that the first W-2 was not correct and VA tax was NOT withheld and DC tax was withheld and they issued a W-2C to correct the error? So you should file your return and replace the original W-2 15-17 with the new amounts?
According to my employer, both W-2s are correct and accurately reflect taxes taken out. The DC taxes were taken out during the one month in 2020 in which I was working in my previous office and the VA taxes are what was taken out while working for the current office I am in. Neither of them are W-2Cs. I believe my previous office was still taking out DC taxes even after I moved to VA at the end of 2019.
The second W-2 is just listing your state wages and tax withheld. Those numbers should be included in the federal numbers on lines 1 through 14 on your other W-2 form. If so, you can enter the numbers on lines 15 - 17 on the other W-2 entry, so you don't need to enter two W-2 forms.
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