If you haven’t received yours by mid-February, here’s what you should do:
- Contact your employer. You should first ask your employer to give you a copy of your W-2.
- Contact the IRS. If you exhaust your options with your employer and you have not received your W-2, call the IRS at 800-829-1040.
- File on time.
What happens if you misplace a W-2?
The IRS advises you to reach out if you haven’t received the form by February 14. You should also contact your employer and ask them to issue you a W-2, or replace the one you lost. If you get a W-2 after the tax deadline you can file an amended return. You can contact the IRS about missing W2s at 800-829-1040.
How can I get my W-2 from years ago?
Request a copy of your W-2 from the IRS. If you cannot obtain your W-2 from your employer or their payroll provider, you can order a copy from the IRS by using the IRS’s “Get Transcript” tool, form 4506 “Request for Copy of Tax Return,” or form 4506-T “Request for Transcript of Tax Return.”
What do you need to know about the W-2 form?
If you worked as an employee last year, your employer must give you a Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement. This form shows the amount of wages you received for the year and the taxes withheld from those wages. It’s important that you use this form to help make sure you file a complete and accurate tax return.
Where can I get a substitute for my W-2?
You can download Form 4852, “Substitute for Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement,” from the IRS website at IRS.gov. Don’t worry if your figures aren’t exact when you submit this form. When you eventually receive a copy of your W-2, you can correct any mistakes to your return by filing Form 1040X, “Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.”
Where can I Find my Lost W-2 form?
The form can be downloaded at IRS.gov. “These transcripts will include tax return information including W-2s, 1099s, etc.,” Hockenberry says. While the system for lost W-2 form replacement is reliable and simple to use, there’s no similar way to replace lost receipts and other supporting documents.
What happens if you Drop Your W-2 in a public place?
You may have tucked it accidentally in the wrong file folder. But you also may have lost it in a way that could compromise your personal identity information, such as dropping it in a public place where any number of people could pick it up and view your identity details.