W2 State and City Wages Wrong

dave_mwi · #1 Feb 2, 2007, 05:23 PM

Ok, I'm in a weird position. I have a W2 where the amounts shown in box 16 and 18, State and City Taxes respectively for New York State and New York City are not showing the right amounts. I can tell that the numbers are too low. I am a part resident in the state and city of New York - I moved here from Florida.

After doing some investigation, the discrepancy is because of the fact that the COO at the time did not file my address change promptly with our 3rd party payroll company, Gevity. Because of this I have a portion of my wages that was not taxed by NY state income tax rates nor was it taxed by NY City rates.

I am just now learning this. What do I do? I do not have the capability right now to pay the taxes that I will probably owe. I gave my employer all the needed information to make these changes in a timely manner. And *I think* there is some liability with my company as far as that goes. That they were responsible for doing this and ones is on them given the fact they had the necessary information from me.

Am I justified in going off of the numbers that are on my W2? Do I have a legal footing on which to stand so that I can go off of those numbers? The controller in a way was trying to hint to me (saying he's not an attorney) that the company was liable to do the taxes right and that I would probably be ok going off of the numbers on my W2. I need help. Thanks.

dave_mwi · Feb 3, 2007, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by AtlantaTaxExpert

The controller's advice is flawed.

If you KNOW the numbers are incorrect, you should tell your employer and have them adjuested. That is your legal responsibility.

Didn't they have some kind of legal responsibility to withold at a certain rate for a certain time period? I'm the one who's getting stuck with the 'bill' now because they didn't do this on time - I realize they would have to go back and contribute their portion, but it just doesn't seem right.



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