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February 24, 2023
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Wisconsin form 1 autofilling line 3 incorrectly; how can I tell TurboTax and get it fixed?

  • February 24, 2023
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There is a programming error on the WI state return. Line 3 is the federal AGI for WI purposes, and as a sidebar there is a location to enter "form W-2 wages included in line 3". TurboTax pulled in this info from my federal return, but didn't fill in the correct W-2 wages. It filled in the amount from line 1z on the 1040 when it should only be the amount entered on 1a. I'm ready to file, but don't want to until that's corrected.

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February 28, 2023

There's no known issue with Wisconsin Form 1, line 3.

 

Line 3 of Wisconsin Form 1 is the sum of 

  • Line 1 of Wisconsin Form 1 (federal adjusted gross income (AGI) from Form 1040, line 11) and
  • Line 2 of Wisconsin Form 1 (adjustments to federal adjusted gross income from Wisconsin Schedule I, line 3)

TurboTax doesn't pull Form 1, line 3 directly from line 11 (or either line 1a or 1z, for that matter) of your federal return.  It adds your federal line 11 amount to your Wisconsin Schedule I, line 3 amount -- if there is an amount -- to compute Form 1, line 3.  If there's no Schedule I, line 3 amount, line 1 of Wisconsin Form 1 will equal line 3 of the same form.

 

Your federal line 11 amount includes line 1a (reportable W-2 wages), which must be included in line 1z.  It also includes many more income items and adjustments.  Please see Form 1040 to see all of the items that would be included in line 11.

 

What you're seeing on line 3 of Form 1, if it differs from line 1, is your federal AGI adjusted by Line 3 of your Wisconsin Schedule I, which computes additions and subtractions from your federal AGI.

 

Please refer to Schedule I and its instructions to see if this isn't what's happening on your Wisconsin return.  Wisconsin Form 1 and its instructions, and Schedule I and its instructions, can be found at 2022 Individual Income Tax Forms

 

If this isn't what you're seeing, please provide more information, including what adjustments, if any, are being made on Schedule I.