Hi Reddit. I had my first real job in 2014, OH; transplant from another state. I lived there for a couple years - great paying job for a kid fresh out of college. I did my own taxes (went to college for business school, graduate studies) using HR Block online tools. I used it for 3 years, no issues. In 2015 I got a letter from AG Office stating I was under audit for 2014 and 2015 years concerning my taxes. I thought I was fine - I didn't do anything wrong. I am single, I live alone, head of house, and pay everything up front. For 2015 AG Office said I owed about $1000 in back taxes and 2014 three times as much.
Why? No one gave me an answer for 2 years. I called back and forth from the AG Office and the Tax Office. I tried writing letters online, in the mail, sending in my w2s, my entire tax documents. Nothing. Finally this year the AG Office said they would put a lien against me if I did not pay. Why? I still don't know what the issue is. Someone finally started to answer me. HR Block rep replied with this line:
With your 2014 W-2 you have two different lines entered in on box 15 for the state. If you look at the W-2 you’ll see boxes 15 – 20 filled out with the box 17 state income tax withholding amount of $2038.33 was entered in. what happened was on the second line, you only have box 18, 19 and 20 filled out but we showed that the second line boxes 15-20 were also filled out instead of just 18-20. Therefore the state income tax withholding was entered in twice. Therefore the program calculated based on the entries made. The amount the state is asking for you to pay back is correct.
If you are confused so was I as I replied back:
I'm sorry, I do not understand what is being viewed for these calculations - my 2014 W2, boxes 15-20? I understand boxes 18 - 20 I paid to the state and town; but I don't understand where any numbers would exist for box 15 or 20? They're names?
And my second question, was I not supposed to list the taxes I paid (separately) to the state versus the town--ie, the second line--which resulted in the incorrect calculation?
Box 15 is labeled "STATE", "EMPLOYERS STATE ID NUMBER" Box 16 "STATE WAGES, TIPS" Box 17 "STATE INCOME TAX Box 18 "LOCAL WAGES" Box 19 "LOCAL INCOME TAX" Box 20 "LOCALITY NAME"
I am very grateful for all your assistance; you have been a huge help, and I appreciate all your work.
So please reddit help me understand! 1) what is HR Block saying, 2) who is at fault me or HR Block, and 3) should the state be paid taxes or is this a big mistake?
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Submitted December 02, 2017 at 04:00PM by thatisyouropinionbro http://ift.tt/2iCL2mS
