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Filing tax with no wages in one of the W2's

I did a mistake when filling up my w-4 employement application form for one of my jobs and I guess I chose not to pay taxes.Therefore, when I got the w-2 from the employer, it had no wages in box 1. It does have Social Security wages, the social security tax withheld, Medicare wages, and the medicare tax withheld (which are boxes 3, 4,

5, and 6) and all the other boxes are empty except 15 which mentions the name of the State. I am trying to e-file my taxes using turbotax. Since the wages is blank it does not allow me to leave it blank and turbotax says to put 0 in there for now. After I was done filling in other w-2 forms, I realized that the total income is not what it is supposed to be because of no wages in one of my w-2's. Is it okay to file like this? I read some forums saying that they don't allow to e-file when you have 0 wages in one of the W2's. Some even suggest to put 1 dollar in box 1, is that allowed? What would be the correct way to file the tax? I don't owe any taxes. I am in fact going to get a little bit of return since I had paid taxes on other W2s. I would really appreciate your help and concern in resolving this issue. Thank you very much.
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jeshonster
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Unless you put 100% of your pay into a 401(k) at that employer, the W-2 is wrong. Regardless of whether any income tax was withheld, Box 1 on the W-2 shows your gross taxable wages. Get it fixed.

-- Phil Marti Clarksburg, MD

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Phil Marti

I have another question. Could I use the same w-2 form with blank wages, then fill the amount that needs to go in box 1 and file the taxes. This will show the right total of the wages earned when adding up all the w-2s. Is this a legible solution? Thanks for your response Jason

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jeshonster

You can try. If you're trying to save time, getting it fixed is probably faster.

-- Phil Marti Clarksburg, MD

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Phil Marti

Phil Marti had the only solution. The W2 has a serious error and needs to be fixed. The absence of entry other than 2 thru 6 means that nothing was diverted to savings either. Al Levesque

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