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Form W-2 - Employer's State ID Number
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The IRS has a Business Rule, or rejection code, that will reject a return with wages in Box 16 of Form W-2: Wage and Tax Statement, if either the state abbreviation or state ID field contains incorrect data. 


This error often appears if you've entered only one or more zeroes into either of these fields. TaxAct does not recognize fields that contain only zeroes.

Acceptable entries into these fields are:
  • None
  • Not applicable
  • 000000001 (State ID field only)

If you need help reporting your Form W-2 in the TaxAct program, read our article Form W-2 - Entering in Program.