Zip Code Problem

[Denne]

I am trying to create an efile and have a problem with the Zip Code area. I get an error that the Employer zip code on the W-2 is wrong. Well....it isn't according to the taxpayer and the employer. I also looked it up on the Internet and found the same zip code. I tried to just leave the zip code off and then get an error message that eo efile the zip code has to be on the form..... By the way we used the same zip code and efiled last year. Going around in circles here!

[Jack from Ohio]

I am trying to create an efile and have a problem with the Zip Code area. I get an error that the Employer zip code on the W-2 is wrong. Well....it isn't according to the taxpayer and the employer. I also looked it up on the Internet and found the same zip code. I tried to just leave the zip code off and then get an error message that eo efile the zip code has to be on the form..... By the way we used the same zip code and efiled last year. Going around in circles here!

Try deleting the entire zip code field, and re-enter. Sometimes a stray space before or after the number gets in there.

[Denne]

Thanks, Jack. I did that and still get the same error message. Good suggestion, but not the problem this time...darn it!

[Denne]

Still wondering if anyone has something else for me to try.....

[Bart]

Thanks, Jack. I did that and still get the same error message. Good suggestion, but not the problem this time...darn it!

Try taking all of the address out so you only list the employer name and ID number.

[Teri2414]

You need the address to efile. Check the state abbreviation. When this happens to me I usually find that I have the wrong state abbreviation not the wrong zip code.

[AnnieR]

If you have more than 1 w-2, check them all

AnnieR

[Jack from Ohio]

Check the 1099-G. If the zip code field is blank, select it and delete it. I know it sounds crazy, but what have you got to lose? It worked for me many times last season.

[kcjenkins]

Usually, it's not the zip code, it is the STATE that is the problem. A typo that changes MA to MS or vice versa, for example, is easy to make, and easy to overlook, too. I've sometimes caught myself putting in my state out of habit, too, when the employer's town name is the same as the name of a town in my state.

[Teri2414]

exactly! Minnesota, Maine, Michigan, Montana......

[Denne]

Sure enough.....it wasn't the W-2 that I was looking and and there was a space before the zip code! Thanks....it went right thru after I fixed things.