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June 2, 2021
Question

Do I need to amend my tax return if my employer made a mistake on my social security withholdings?

  • June 2, 2021
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I already filed my state and federal taxes months ago and received my refunds from both, but I recently received an update to my W2 in the mail from my employer correcting an error. They misreported my Social Security tax withholding's, previously it stated I had $1312 withheld and the new corrected one says I had $1900 withheld. Do I need to amend my tax return? I can't figure out if Social Security withholding's have any effect on tax returns or not.

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    DoninGA
    Employee
    June 2, 2021

    No, you do not need to amend the tax return for a correction to the SS taxes paid.

    VolvoGirl
    Employee
    June 2, 2021

    Unless you had more than 1 employer and the total SS in box 4 is more than $8,537.40.  Then you can get the excess back.  

    June 3, 2021

    but the IRS would likely have caught the overpayment if you had multiple employers and went over the social security limit.