Federal withholding error on my W-2

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April 9, 2025
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I was wondering if I still owe anything being my employer messed up my W-2 on my federal withholdings. They did not put any withholding even though on the year before I had my federal withholding taxes taken from my paycheck. I have already contacted my employer about the mistake, but it will take 120 days to get my case processed, and an extension has been filed.

xmasbaby0

Employee

No one in this forum can say whether you will owe. We cannot see your information and do not know how much you earned. Do you mean your employer withheld federal tax but did not enter it on your W-2? Or do you mean they did not withhold the tax at all? Did they withhold Social Security and Medicare (boxes 4 and 6 on your W-2)? Did they withhold state tax?

Provide more details ---but no personal information.

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angelarob13Author

Yes they withheld social security and Medicare but nothing was withheld from my federal income tax, but last season there was federal income withheld being I did sign a W-4. So it should’ve been withheld

xmasbaby0

Employee

"should have been withheld" does not change your situation for right now. You will need to enter the W-2 as it appears---and if you owe---then, sorry-- but you owe. Complete a new W-4 for the employer and watch your paychecks and pay stubs carefully to see if they are withholding tax gong forward.

W-4

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/w4/

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/tax-withholding-estimator

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf

Opus 17

Employee

If you had no tax withheld, there could be various reasons for that. But you file with what you have, and if you owe because of no withholding, then you owe.

If you had tax withheld according to your paychecks but it is not listed on your W-2, then you need to get a corrected W-2 from your employer. Don't file your tax return until you get a corrected W-2, but you should file a request for an automatic extension.