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Question

Box 15 is blank because I work in a state with no income tax. The form won't let me continue unless I enter a state, but TN is not in the drop down list.

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
March 14, 2025
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There are now 8 states that do not tax their residents’ income: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. If your state is not listed in the W2 box 15 drop down list it doesn’t have an income tax. Leave W2 boxes 15,16, & 17 BLANK, empty, no spaces.

Is this for your W-2? If yes, was any state tax withheld?

Normally if Box 16 and Box 17 are blank, no state is needed in Box 15

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grahamcowanAuthor

I have 2 states, the one I live in with no income tax, and one I worked in with an income tax. TurboTax wants me to select a state in the drop down box, but my state isn't listed because we don't have an income tax.

Since Tennessee does not have an income tax, Tennessee should not be listed on your W-2 Box 15.

Your W-2 might have the state you work in listed in Box 15 if that state does have an income tax.

If Box 15 lists the state in which you work, select that state from the drop-down.

You are not selecting the state you live in, you are entering the W-2 exactly the way it was reported to you.

On your REAL paper copy of your W-2, what is listed in Box 15, 16 and 17?

If Box 15 is blank, leave it blank as long as there was no state wages or state tax reported in box 16 or 17.

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