W-2 Box 14 Input Issues During Review

[LenaH]

If you are getting an error selecting Other in Box 14, please try renaming your description as a workaround. You can rename your description as OTHER to bypass the review error. 

@ac360 

[ac360]

Thank you, but unfortunately that fix isn’t working for this error. No matter what word I type into the description box, selecting Other (non-classified) from the drop down still triggers the ‘Other Additions/Subtractions Stmt (235): Additions - Code A-101 must be entered’ error when I try to file. 

I can’t believe with all of the updates this error still hasn’t been fixed in the software.

[BrittanyS]

The Code-A 101 error is a known issue and is currently being worked on by developers.  If you are using TurboTax Desktop, you can use the following work around.  

I have noticed a zero being input in the add/sub (225) worksheet. If you remove the zero, the needs review goes away. See the screenshot below:




To remove the 0, follow these steps:

Open TurboTax
Click forms in the upper right corner
Select Add/Sub (225)
remove all 0's, included the one for NY State allocated amount of above

[ac360]

This worked - thank you!!! It took a few tries to get it to delete the zero and not auto refill it, but once I did that I was able to file. What a relief - you've saved me hours of frustration!!!

[SHR3]

I am having a similiar issue but not with a W2 form but with a 1099-R form from my IRA company.

I get a message saying that the amount in box 14 "State tax withheld"  can be less than or equal to the

amount in Box 1 "Gross Distribution".  Box 14 is blank and Box 1 is $10,000 .  I placed zero in the blank

Box 14 but the same error still showed.   Users should have the option of forcing the efile for an error message

they deem erroneous.

[CASSMONTY]

 By the sounds of your post, you did not have any state tax taken out, so you would use the 1st step. 
Leave the box for state tax blank, make sure to take out your state, make sure that the payor id is blank and take out whatever amount is in box 16 and that will clear your error. 

If you had state tax taken out, put in the amount that was taken out for the state tax, put in your state and then put in your gross wages in box 16. 

Any box that has nothing in it from your 1099-R or your W2, do not put in a 0, just leave it blank.