2007-05-31 16:28:41 · 7 answers · asked by jeska 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
That depends. Are you wanting copies of YOUR W-2's or just blank forms? If you need previous year forms, you can access them at www.irs.gov. Click on the left where it says "Forms & Publications". From there you can either search by "Form & Instruction Number" for current year forms, or search by "Previous Years". You will need an Adobe Acrobat Reader downloaded on your computer to view and print the forms. If you don't have the software, you can access it here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
If you are looking for your W-2's there are a couple of ways to do this. Obviously the first would be to contact your past employers. If this is not possible, the IRS can supply you with information from your W-2's, but not the actual form. They don't retain copies of W-2's, except for those submitted with the tax return, so in order to get an actual copy, you would have to get a copy of your return using Form 4506, which is $39 for EACH year. The information only transcript is free of charge, and is obtained with Form 4506-T, or you can call them as mentioned above.
You could also use your last payroll check stubs as verification of what your income/taxes was. If you do this and if you are obtaining this for tax filing purposes, you can receive the information, and then fill out a Substitute W-2 (Form 4852) to submit with your tax return. They accept these all the time with delinquent returns.
If in the event you are needing 2006 W-2, you will be unable to obtain these from the IRS. They will not be available till late 2006 or possibly 2007.
The other way would be to contact the Social Security Administration (www.ssa.gov). The only problem with going this route, is they can give you earnings information for each year, meaning you can calculate your FICA taxes, but I don't believe they keep record of your Federal Withholding. So, if you're needing both earnings and income taxes deducted, you will need to go the IRS route, but you might want to check with SSA just to be sure.
Hope this helps!
2007-06-01 07:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by starlight_chic06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to other advice, there is absolutely no requirement an employer provide you a copy of a W-2 form after giving you the original. I have been a tax accountant for 27 years and it sounds to me that what you are after are blank W-2 forms for past years. If so, you should not have made your obvious intentions so public. I am amused that the IRS lady missed it.
2007-05-31 22:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 ask for advanced accounts and ask for a transcript of your w-2s. The copies you receive will not have any state withholding (if your state has an income tax you will want to call your state to find out how much was withheld for them).
2007-05-31 17:37:14 · answer #3 · answered by Rebecca - 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get your 2001-2006 IRS issued w-2s in 1-2 business days from Accuverify.com
2007-06-01 12:50:13 · answer #4 · answered by taxhelp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact your employer(s) and ask for copies. They are required by law to keep them on file. You can also obtain the information from the IRS/GOV; but it only has federal information, not state.
2007-06-01 04:16:28 · answer #5 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact your employer(s). They are required to provide copies upon request for at least 7 years.
2007-05-31 17:45:35 · answer #6 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my employes wont give them to me and city want them been at the same job 8 year and they want all
2016-01-17 16:48:16 · answer #7 · answered by Inetter 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋