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Employer gave 2nd W-2 with $0 box 1 to correct first W-2 and now I can't e-file. What do I do?

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February 15, 2020
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My employer failed to include employer matched HSA contributions in their calculation for W in box 12. Instead of issuing a W-2C, they gave a 2nd W-2 with everything left blank except for the additional HSA contribution in box 12. I added that to TurboTax and now it won't let me e-file. How can I fix this? Do I need to try and get a W-2C or is my only option to paper file?

TurboTax Home & Biz Windows

Critter

Employee

OK ... you were supposed to add the corrected information to the original W-2 form NOT enter the second form ... delete the second form and add the code W on the first form.

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Chris1000Author

@Critter I read another post on here suggesting something similar but that post said that the employer ids needed to match in order to combine W-2s. The 2nd one they gave me has a different employer id, I assume because the first one was issued through ADP and the 2nd one was done manually. Does that mean that I cannot combine? Also, the original one did have a W line, it just wasn't the full amount.