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TaxiRider
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i get an error message from TurboTax at Federal check for errors indicating hat W-2 box 1 should have a value other than blank or 0.0. Tthe message says that I cannot file electronicaally. Is this correxct?
Income for t his W-2c is in box 12a coded J for $xxx.xx. Box 13 has "Thir d Party Sick Pay" checked.
(Asked 02/28/08, Views 96)
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TurboTaxHelen
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If you received this W-2c from an employer that also sent you a W-2 with other fields filled in, then it sounds like this is a correction of your regular W-2. Instead of entering all the information from the original W-2 the employer just entered the information that was not included on the original. If this is the case, just place the corrected information on the screen where you entered the original W-2 and you'll be able to e-file.
(Posted 02/28/08)
What do you do if the sick pay was not from your employer or a W2c, but a W2 straight from the third party provider?
What do you do if the sick pay was not from your employer or a W2c, but a W2 straight from the third party provider?
As expected, a peeve of mine, TurboTaxHelen FAILED to answer your question. You specifically asked about a W2 and TurboTaxHelen starts to talk about a W-2c, NOT even what you asked. Come on TurboTax Community.. wake up and read.
I called the IRS about this same issue. My case: Received W2 from insurance company for NONTAXABLE SICK. Only amount that was filled in was box 12a J. All other boxes remained blank. I entered that W2 into TurboTax as "add another W2" filled in the name of insurance company ect. then entered the amount that showed in box 12a (j) and left all other boxes blank in TurboTax. When it came time to submitt for e-file I received the same error that has been mentioned. So I called IRS....twice, to see if I would receive the same answer...which I did. IRS told me that if I were to do this manually, on paper, there is nowhere on the 1040 to enter non-taxable sick pay from a W2 and that this W2 is for MY information only. And as long as I know that it is if fact NONTAXABLE, there is not a place for it to be entered on the tax form. With that information, I went back into TurboTax and removed ALL references to this W2 and resubmitted it and it went through and accepted by IRS without a problem.
jimmyo
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I called the IRS about this same issue. My case: Received W2 from insurance company for NONTAXABLE SICK. Only amount that was filled in was box 12a J. All other boxes remained blank. I entered that W2 into TurboTax as "add another W2" filled in the name of insurance company ect. then entered the amount that showed in box 12a (j) and left all other boxes blank in TurboTax. When it came time to submitt for e-file I received the same error that has been mentioned. So I called IRS....twice, to see if I would receive the same answer...which I did. IRS told me that if I were to do this manually, on paper, there is nowhere on the 1040 to enter non-taxable sick pay from a W2 and that this W2 is for MY information only. And as long as I know that it is if fact NONTAXABLE, there is not a place for it to be entered on the tax form. With that information, I went back into TurboTax and removed ALL references to this W2 and resubmitted it and it went through and accepted by IRS without a problem.
(Posted 03/12/09)
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The W-2 is from a large Disability Insurance company and is reporting only the disabiluity income. i'm sorr y the W-2c was a typo error. There is no corrected copy.