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Box 16 of W-2 form

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November 29, 2019
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I am filing my NJ state taxes for 2018. For box 16, I have an amount of 92687.10 which was rounded to 92,687. Now, when I transfered the information from my W-2 to Turbo Tax I put in 92,687 and underneath that number, I left the space blank. By leaving the space blank, I ended up getting an error. At this point my refund was $2680.00. After receiving the error, I went back in and put a "0" in the space below the 92,687 hoping to get rid of the error. BUT when I put in the "0" my refund went from $2680 to $4073. I don't know what to do. If I leave it blank I get an error. If I put in a "0" my refund is increased and I don't want to get back more money than I should and end up paying it back later. So could you help me with this. I do not have more than one W-2. There are double sets of numbers in boxes 15 and 17 so I was thinking that box 16 needed the double set of numbers as well. I hope this makes sense. Thank you for your help.

Critter

Employee

Ok ... if you have anything in box 16 then you must also have something in boxes 15 & 17 ... so if you transferred in the info then DELETE the W-2 form and enter it manually to correct the error.

Hal_Al

Employee

There is no "space under box 16".

What there may be, on your W-2, is two rows of boxes 15-20. This usually occurs if you had withholding for more than one state or there is local info in boxes 18-20. As others have said, if there is something in box 17, on a row, there must also be something in box 16, even if it's 0.

What, exactly (box by box), is in the two rows of your actual W-2? How much is in box 1 of your W-2 (the numbers in the two box 16's should usually add up to the box 1 amount) .