i worked the last month of 2006 but first pay check was january 2007 can i file taxes this year?

Answer 1

Typically you have no income for 2006 unless you switch to accrual accounting rule, but since your employer won't send you a W-2 for this year it'll be difficult.

Answer 2

Not enough info was provided.

What type of work did you do?
How were you paid? Employee or Self-employed? It sounds like you were an employee.

Check with your employer if a W-2 was filed for 2006 for you. If so, then you must file a 2006 return.

What it sounds like...
You worked the last few days in Dec. 2006 but the check did not arrive until Jan. 2007.

You may or may not have to report it for 2006 depending on your employer's payroll cut-off period.

If Mon-Wed were the last days of Dec 2006 and Th-Sat were the first days of Jan 2007, does your employer's payroll period end on Wedn or Friday or whenever? If it ended on Friday, it could be considered a 2007 check for yourself.

Again, check with your employer about the 2006 W-2.

Answer 3

What counts is the date of the payroll, not the pay period. If you worked in December and the pay date was January 1 then it is 2007 pay. If the pay date was Dec 31 but you didn't get the check until January then it is still 2006. Look at the pay date on the pay stub.

Answer 4

Date of check counts