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W-2 Wage and Tax Statement

Form:    W-2

Title:     Wage and Tax Statement

What to Report:  Wages, tips, other compensation; social security, Medicare, withheld income taxes; and advance earned income credit (EIC) payments. Include bonuses, vacation allowances, severance pay, certain moving expense payments, some kinds of travel allowances, and third-party payments of sick pay.

Amounts to Report:  See separate instructions

Due Date to SSA Last day of February*

Due Date to Recipient January 31


Payment Types:
  • Advance earned income credit
  • Allocated tips
  • Auto reimbursements, employee
  • Awards, employee
  • Bonuses, employee
  • Car expense, employee
  • Commissions, employee
  • Compensation, employee
  • Dependent care payments
  • Employee business expense reimbursement
  • Employee compensation
  • Fees, employee
  • 401(k) contributions
  • Golden parachute, employee
  • Mileage, employee
  • Moving expense
  • Nonqualified deferred compensation: Employee
  • Prizes, employee
  • SEP contributions
  • Severance pay
  • Sick pay
  • SIMPLE contributions
  • Supplemental unemployment
  • Tips
  • Vacation allowance, employee
  • Wages



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