Getting a Copy of Your W2 Tax Form

Before you are ready to file your tax return for this year, you should look over your documents to make sure you have all your Form W-2. Each of your employers are supposed to mail you a Wage and Tax Statement, or Form W-2 for the tax year. Your boss has until the 31st of January 2011 to get your 2010 Form W-2 sent out to you.

If you are missing a W-2, corollary this procedure of action:

1. Call your employer. Find out if or when they mailed out your Form W-2. If they did mail it, maybe they did not have your full and faultless address. After you talk to your employer, give them some time to get your W-2 mailed.

2. Touch the Irs if by the 14th of February, you still do not have the indispensable Form W-2. Call the Irs as 800-829-1040, toll free. When you Touch them, they will need your name, phone number, address, and public security amount as well as:

• The name of your boss and his or her phone amount and address

• The date you were employed by them.

• The 2010 estimation of the withheld federal earnings tax, and of your earned wages, as well as how long you worked for that employer. Ensure your estimation is accurate by basing it on a leave and earnings statement, if available, or your final pay stub.

3. File your tax return. You still have to file your return by the 18th of April, even if you are missing your Form W-2. You can invite an extension to file. If you still are missing your Form W-2 in April, and have complete steps 1 and 2, you may use a substitute for your wage and tax statement, which is called Form W 4852. Attach Form 4852 to your tax return, with as accurate an estimated earnings and withheld taxes as is possible. Verifying your data may cause a delay in tax refunding.

4. File a Form 1040X. If you get your W-2 after you file Form 4852, check to make sure that the amount you reported, and the amount on your W-2 match up. If they do not match, you will have to file an revised tax return on a Form 1040X.

Visit Irs.gov or call 800-829-3676 to get instructions and copies of Form 1040X and Form 4852

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