Form W-2
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Form W-2 is an IRS tax document that employers must provide to employees each year summarizing their wages and the taxes withheld from their pay.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wage and Tax Statement | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IRS tax form
ⓘ
information return ⓘ |
| appliesTo | employees ⓘ |
| category | U.S. federal income tax forms ⓘ |
| contains |
box codes for special items
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control number ⓘ employee Social Security number ⓘ employee name and address ⓘ employer identification number ⓘ employer name and address ⓘ tax year ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| deadlineToFileWithSSA | January 31 following the tax year ⓘ |
| deadlineToFurnishToEmployee | January 31 following the tax year ⓘ |
| deliveryMethod |
electronic
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paper ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyTo | independent contractors ⓘ |
| electronicFilingSystem | Business Services Online ⓘ |
| filedWith | Social Security Administration ⓘ |
| governingBody | Internal Revenue Service ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Internal Revenue Service ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Internal Revenue Service ⓘ |
| legalAuthority | Internal Revenue Code ⓘ |
| nonComplianceConsequence |
IRS penalties
ⓘ
SSA penalties ⓘ |
| officialName |
Form W-2
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Wage and Tax Statement
|
| relatedForm |
Form 1099-NEC
ⓘ
Form 941 ⓘ Form 944 ⓘ Form W-3 ⓘ |
| reports |
Medicare wages
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Social Security wages ⓘ allocated tips ⓘ dependent care benefits ⓘ other compensation ⓘ retirement plan participation ⓘ statutory employee status ⓘ tips ⓘ wages ⓘ |
| requiredFor |
Form 1040 filing
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Form 1040-NR filing ⓘ Form 1040-SR filing ⓘ |
| usedBy |
employees
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employers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
individual income tax return preparation
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reporting Medicare tax withheld ⓘ reporting Social Security tax withheld ⓘ reporting federal income tax withheld ⓘ reporting local income tax withheld ⓘ reporting state income tax withheld ⓘ reporting wages ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wage and Tax Statement