A
- Adoption benefits, Adoption benefits., Box 3—Social security wages., Code T—Adoption benefits.
- Advance EIC payment, Box 9—Advance EIC payment.
- Agent reporting, Agent reporting.
- Agricultural employers, Employee's social security and Medicare taxes paid by employer.
- Allocated tips, Box 8—Allocated tips.
- Archer MSA, Archer MSA., Box 1—Wages, tips, other compensation., Code R—Employer contributions to an Archer MSA.
D
- Deceased employee's wages, Incorrect address on employee's Form W-2., Deceased employee's wages.
- Deferred compensation, Box 3—Social security wages.
- Dependent care benefits, Box 10—Dependent care benefits.
- Designated Roth contributions, Designated Roth contributions., Box 1—Wages, tips, other compensation.
- Due date(s), Extended due date for electronic filers., When to file.
E
- Earned income credit notification, Earned income credit (EIC) notice.
- Educational assistance programs, Educational assistance programs., Box 1—Wages, tips, other compensation.
- Election workers, Election workers.
- Elective deferrals, Code D—Elective deferrals under section 401(k) cash or deferred arrangement (plan).
- Electronic reporting, Extended due date for electronic filers., Electronic reporting.
- Employee business expense reimbursements, Employee business expense reimbursements., Box 1—Wages, tips, other compensation., Code L—Substantiated employee business expense reimbursements.
- Employee's taxes paid by employer, Employee's social security and Medicare taxes paid by employer., Box 1—Wages, tips, other compensation., Box 3—Social security wages.
- Employer identification number (EIN), Taxpayer identification numbers (TINs)., Box b—Employer identification number (EIN).
- Errors, common, Common Errors on Forms W-2
- Extension to file/furnish Form(s) W-2, Extension to file., Extension to furnish Forms W-2 to employees.
G
- Getting forms, publications, and help, Online wage reporting., Internet., By phone and in person.
- Golden parachute payments, Golden parachute payments., Code K—20% excise tax on excess golden parachute payments.
- Government employers, Government employers.
- Group-term life insurance, Group-term life insurance., Box 3—Social security wages., Code C—Taxable cost of group-term life insurance over $50,000.
S
- Scholarships, Scholarship and fellowship grants.
- Shipping and mailing, Shipping and mailing.
- Sick pay, Sick pay., Code J—Nontaxable sick pay.
- Signing bonuses, Box 3—Social security wages.
- SIMPLE retirement account, SIMPLE retirement account., Box 3—Social security wages., Code D—Elective deferrals under section 401(k) cash or deferred arrangement (plan)., Code S—Employee salary reduction contributions under a section 408(p) SIMPLE.
- Social security number, Box a—Employee's social security number.
- Social security number (SSN), Taxpayer identification numbers (TINs).
- Social security tax withheld, Box 4—Social security tax withheld.
- Social security wages/tips, Box 3—Social security wages., Box 7—Social security tips.
- State and local tax information, Boxes 15 through 20—State and local income tax information.
- Statutory employee, Box 1—Wages, tips, other compensation., Box 13—Checkboxes.
- Substitute forms, Substitute forms.
- Successor/predecessor employers, Successor/predecessor employers.
T
- Taxpayer identification numbers (TINs), Taxpayer identification numbers (TINs).
- Terminating a business, Terminating a business.
- Tips, Box 1—Wages, tips, other compensation., Box 5—Medicare wages and tips., Box 7—Social security tips., Box 8—Allocated tips., Code A—Uncollected social security or RRTA tax on tips., Code B—Uncollected Medicare tax on tips.
U
- Uncollected taxes on group-term life insurance, Code M—Uncollected social security or RRTA tax on taxable cost of group-term life insurance over $50,000 (for former employees)., Code N—Uncollected Medicare tax on taxable cost of group-term life insurance over $50,000 (for former employees).
- Uncollected taxes on tips, Code A—Uncollected social security or RRTA tax on tips., Code B—Uncollected Medicare tax on tips.
- Undeliverable Forms W-2, Undeliverable Forms W-2.
- USERRA contributions, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) makeup amounts to a pension plan., Codes D through H, S, Y, AA, and BB., Box 14—Other.
W
- Wages, Box 1—Wages, tips, other compensation.
- When and where to file, When to file., Where to file paper forms.
- When to furnish Forms W-2 to employees, Furnishing Copies B, C, and 2 to employees.
- Who must file Forms W-2 and W-3, Who must file Form W-2., Who must file Form W-3.
