{"id":1709,"date":"2017-03-01T06:14:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T12:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2017-02-27T12:29:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T18:29:37","slug":"irs-can-help-taxpayers-get-form-w-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/irs-can-help-taxpayers-get-form-w-2\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Can Help Taxpayers Get Form W-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most taxpayers got their W-2 Forms by the end of January. Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, shows the income and taxes withheld from an employee\u2019s pay for the year. Taxpayers need it to file an accurate tax return.<\/p>\n<p>If you have not received your form by mid-February, here\u2019s what you should do:<\/p>\n<h1>Contact your Employer<\/h1>\n<p>Taxpayers should ask their employer (or former employer) for a copy of their W-2. Be sure the employer has your correct address.<\/p>\n<h2>Call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040<\/h2>\n<p>If a taxpayer is unable to get a copy from their employer, they may call the IRS after Feb. 27. The IRS will send a letter to the employer on the taxpayer\u2019s behalf. The taxpayer will need the following when they call:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your name, address, Social Security number and phone number;<\/li>\n<li>Your employer\u2019s name (or former employer), address and phone number;<\/li>\n<li>The dates you worked for the employer; and<\/li>\n<li>An estimate of your wages and federal income tax withheld in 2016. Use a final pay stub for these amounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>File on Time<\/h3>\n<p>Taxpayers should file their tax return by April 18, 2017. If they still haven\u2019t received their W-2, we can use Form 4852, Substitute for Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement. You should estimate your wages and taxes withheld as best as possible.<\/p>\n<h4>Correct a Tax Return if Necessary<\/h4>\n<p>Taxpayers may need to correct their tax return if they get a missing W-2 after they file. If the tax information on the W-2 is different from what they originally reported, we may need to file an amended tax return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most taxpayers got their W-2 Forms by the end of January. Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, shows the income and taxes withheld from an employee\u2019s pay for the year. Taxpayers need it to file an accurate tax return. If you have not received your form by mid-February, here\u2019s what you should do: Contact your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-03-01T12:18:20Z","apple_news_api_id":"fe69c474-0d40-4802-b679-54e237882661","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-03-01T12:18:20Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A_mnEdA1ASAK2eVTiN4gmYQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/u48r14.digitalhub.com\/sections\/74d71b26-dfe2-3cf6-9b79-55911f8259f1"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}