If you’re an employee, Form W-2 is one of the most important forms you'll receive at tax time. It includes information about the income and benefits you received during the tax year, so you’ll ...

Key takeaways:. A W-2 form is a federal tax form that documents an employee’s total compensation, fringe benefits, and tax deductions for the prior year.

Form W-2 is an Internal Revenue Service tax form that reports an employee's annual wages and the amount of income withheld from their paycheck for taxes.

W-2 forms should have arrived in mailboxes and inboxes by Jan. 31. Here's why you need that form for the 2025 tax season and what to do if you haven't gotten yours yet.

Number 1A on the 1040 form details your total amount from W-2 income, which will be box 1 on your W-2. Number 25 on the 1040 form details the federal income tax withheld on your W-2 forms.

Form W-2 is a record of your annual wages and how much tax you paid on them. Here's how to get a W-2 form and how to read it.

We're looking at a Friday, Jan. 31, deadline for employers to mail W-2 forms that report an employee's income and withholdings. Typically, you'd have that W-2 in hand by the first week of February.

A W-2 contains all of the information about your income that you'll need when you're preparing your tax return. You'll get a W-2 for each employer you had.

W-2 forms should have arrived in mailboxes and inboxes by Jan. 31. Here's what to do if you haven't gotten yours yet. Macy Meyer Writer II Macy Meyer is a North Carolina native who graduated from ...

A W-2 contains all of the information about your income that you'll need when you're preparing your tax return. You'll get a W-2 for each employer you had.

Your Form W-2 must reflect wages paid during the calendar year. For example, if you worked from Dec. 18, 2022, through Jan. 3, 2023, and were paid on Dec. 25, 2022, and Jan. 10, ...