unzuetay Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Client received 3 W-2s. One had wages and two state taxes, the other two were blank with 2 and 1 state taxes. The software only allows for 4 states per w-2. It also brings up a red error, if I try to fill out a blank w-2 with zeros and state withholding. Any ideas thoughts would be helpful Thank you. P.S. last resort would be to paper file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggy Cobb Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 I had a client with 21 state W-2s. The way i got the federal to e-file was for a state (say Alabama) I posted the exact same amount in box 1 for federal wages as was reported under state wages. Once I have every state done, I then created a W-2 with the remaining federal wages and claimed it was for a state with no income taxes (like Texas, etc). The city portion was easier because I could add them to a state and there was only 5 city returns. Once I made sure the total wages matched the total of all the W-2s it e-filed without a problem. Good Luck, Peggy Cobb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unzuetay Posted March 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, Peggy Cobb said: I had thought of this also. To file the w-2 with wages reflecting state wages. I was concerned that the w-2s wouldn't match up once the irs received it and delay processing. There isn't a city portion reflected on the w-2s for me to deal with thank goodness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfassett Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 There is a link at the bottom of the w-2 input screen to a knowledge base article on how to make this work. I just went through this two days ago. If my memory serves me correctly, the article suggested creating a second W-2 and putting federal wages at $1 on the second W-2 and reducing the first W-2 federal wages by the same $1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unzuetay Posted March 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 thank you so much! I did the same thing, didn't round up the federal wages on first and used that dollar on the second 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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