W2 box 16

[louannandthom]

My  W2 box 16 has a negative value.  When I try to input that, TT requires that the value be 0 or more.  How to fix or work around this bug?

[Bsch4477]

What are the amounts in box 1 and box 16?

[louannandthom]

Box 1   5943.61
Box 16   -30.35

[BillM223]

With this entry, your employer is saying that you had negative 30.35 dollars of income in whatever state is in box 15.

This sounds like a mistaken calculation in the software that generated your W-2.

I suppose it is possible that this state has some adjustment that would reduce the apparent income to be less than zero. Since I don't know the state, I can't be sure, but I imagine that any calculation here that results in a number less then zero, should be set to zero.

Contact your employer and ask what this entry in box 16 is supposed to be, and then get a corrected W-2.