Is it illegal to file a W-2 form for one job when you are still waiting for another to come in the mail?

Answer 1

Don't fool around with the IRS. If you know that you are waiting on another W-2 - then you should not file until you receive it.

I think you could theoretically file your return now, but you would have to file an amended return before 4/16/07. Why raise suspicion with the IRS? (which could result in an audit)

Your W-2 should be in you mailbox in a few days. The deadline for employers to mail them out was January 31st.

Hang on until you get it.

Answer 2

PLEASE READ ALL The egg came first because other animals came before the chicken that had eggs of some kind. One kind are the fish in the seas; fish lay eggs. Another are snakes; snakes also lay eggs. Only if this question was asked as, "Which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg?", would it be a paradox. Sexually reproducing animals also have eggs- the question doesn't specify a type of egg. Dinosaurs had eggs. Darwin's theory; the chicken egg came from a different species. A chicken could not have its genetic material altered during life, so the egg must have evolved and been first. If you take into account the doctrine of evolution, the egg's coming first becomes plausible on the cellular level under perfect circumstances (abundant food and resources). There will be an a-sexual reproduction once the environment becomes unfavorable. The species would then evolve, and a lot of animals have no parental instincts but through evolution some have started to look after their young. An a-sexual reproduction is reproduction in which there is no fusion of male and female sex cells gametes. The egg came first because the chicken descended from a dinosaur, and it laid an egg that was changed from Darwin's theory. The egg came first because a chicken comes from an egg. At whatever point you decide to call the chicken a true chicken, it must have come from an egg. Because the different species before it must have evolved to make a chicken, the egg came first. THE CHICKEN CAME FIRST: Using Literature, the chicken comes first. Using grammar, "the chicken" comes first in the sentence (They come before the words, "the egg".). In a dictionary, the word "chicken" comes before "egg". God created the chicken first. In the seven days that God created the earth, it makes no mention of animal's eggs. Thus, the chicken came first. The chicken came first because, if the chicken didn't come first, there would be no egg or care for it. So, God had to make the chicken first. NEITHER THE EGG NOR THE CHICKEN CAME FIRST: There is no answer.Since the question is a paradox, there is no answer. If the chicken came first, it came from the egg. If the egg came first, then it came from a chicken, and so forth. There is no correct answer that can be proven. It's all theory. Evolution suggests that both chickens and eggs evolved from creatures and "egg-things" you would not recognize to be part of the lineage. (Similar to how, in the very distant past, some molecule[s] that was [were] not what we would call "life" became "life".) That was the beginning. The rooster came first.Neither the chicken or the egg came first. It was the rooster who came first. The egg and the chicken came at the same time.The chicken and the egg are just two different names for the same process or being. It's like water becoming ice is still water, and vice versa.

Answer 3

It's not illegal (as in you won't go to jail for filing an incorrect tax return), but it will be in error. (happens all the time - but they always catch it eventually). And when the other W-2 comes through, most likely when you refigure with both together, you end up having to pay money to the IRS, since you received a larger refund than you deserved (based on a lower taxable income).

Ouch. Personally, I would avoid that. Wait for the other W-2, or use the info off your last paystub, and file correctly the frist time. Much less painful.

Answer 4

you must file an amended return using Form 1040X but must wait until Feb 15; there will be no penalties and nothing illegal but file before deadline April 16; if the IRS chased after everyone who intentionally and unintentionally did not file all their W-2s,they would have to let all of the pot smokers out of prison to make room for the tax "cheats"; now that would not be justice in America, the land of the free, would it?

Answer 5

Dude, wait for the other W-2. I had the same situation last year. The older job will submit the W-2 to IRS. You will have to file all the W-2s that you have. So please wait for the other W-2. If it's too late, call your old job or IRS. They will help you out. Good luck !

Answer 6

A friend of came over today and told me he filed his taxes last week, and yesterday got another W2 in the mail. He called the tax guy that did his taxes, and he is now being charged $150.00 fine because of it. You better wait.

Answer 7

Ask your tax preparer. If you let them know your are still waiting they can at least get the process started. You might have to file a second time if you try to proceed.

Answer 8

I have long championed both lower taxes and reform of the existing tax system, and recently signed the Americans for Tax Reform pledge to oppose all tax increases. Much of our recent economic prosperity is directly attributable to the lower taxes enacted by recent Congresses. I believe America’s tax code is overly complex and burdensome. Americans spend roughly $157 billion each year in tax preparation, to ensure they do not run afoul of the Internal Revenue Service. The system is desperately in need of reform. I support a flat tax concept that simplifies tax preparation, applies a low tax rate to all Americans, and respects the special financial burden carried by American families raising children.