Between the issuing deadline and the filing deadline. If the issuing deadline has come and gone and you didn't receive your W-2, the IRS suggests waiting until Feb. But if your employer digitally transmits W-2s to its employees, the solution to retrieving yours may be as simple as asking your employer to transmit it again after the issuing deadline of Jan.
Your employer may also post your W-2 on a website that's accessible to you if you agreed to receive it this way. Your employer should notify you of the posting by Jan. Even if your employer typically mails W-2s, it doesn't hurt to ask if a payroll representative would scan your copy and email it to you. Typos happen, so confirm your correct email address with your employer. And check your spam folder to make sure your W-2 isn't hiding from you. After you've filed your return. You may need a copy of your W-2 after you've filed your current year's income tax return, but you failed to save a digital copy.
Loan approvals and some legal proceedings are examples of situations for which you may need to produce your W-2 as proof of income.
Other than your employer, you can also call on the professional tax preparer who filed your return for you. Even though you may never have accessed it, the preparer likely created an online file for you. Ask how to gain access to this file so you can get your W-2 online. Wage and Income Transcript. The W-2 is one of the income documents the IRS calls "information returns.
Yes, but an actual copy of your Form W-2 is only available if you submitted it with a paper tax return: Transcript You can get a wage and income transcript, containing the Federal tax information your employer reported to the Social Security Administration SSA , by visiting our Get Transcript page.
Check the box for Form W-2, specify which tax year s you need, and mail or fax the completed form. Allow 10 business days from the IRS received date to receive the transcript. Note: Wage and income transcripts are available for up to 10 years but current tax year information may not be complete until July. Countless envelopes with Form W-2 pass through post offices nationwide. The Internal Revenue Service deadline for employers to send out the form is January On this form, employers record the income earned by the individual employee and the taxes already paid.
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