My w2 form was sent to an old address what should I do?

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June 4, 2019
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I moved out of state and did not report new address to previous employer. I also moved several times while employed. My employer may have sent my W2 to an old address. How do I tract my W2 form?

Anonymous

You should call your employer and verify the address they have on file. If they sent it to the wrong address, update your information and have them re-send the W-2.

bankinggooch

Level 2

What if you do not have contact information for your previous employer? How would you go about finding the correct number to call?

Ace1273

Level 2

How about if the company went out of business what should I do?

RobertB4444

Level 15

You need to go to irs.gov and create an account. Once you've done that you will be able to get a transcript of all of the W2s and information returns that you were issued this year.

@Ace1273

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Aliyaho2002

Level 2

hi. My W2s is sent to the wrong address. My employer won’t answer the phone what do I do ?.

xmasbaby0

Level 15

@Aliyaho2002

TurboTax does not have your W-2. W-2’s come from employers. There is not a federal or national website that provides W-2’s. If your employer is partnered with TurboTax to allow the W-2 data to be imported into the software you can do that---but you need the actual W-2 so that you can enter the EIN and the amount from box 1 to import the other data from the W-2---which just saves you the little bit of keying in of the other information.

Every 2023 W-2 that you received must be reported on your 2023 tax return, even if they are for small amounts. Remember that each one of those W-2’s has your Social Security number on it, and that income was reported to the IRS by the employer. You do not want to get in trouble with the IRS for under-reporting your income or have your refund delayed by having missing income.

ALL of your W-2’s must be entered on the SAME tax return.

Go to Federal>Wages & Income to enter a W-2.

After you enter the first one, you click Add Another W-2.

W-2's come from your employer, and they have until January 31 to issue it. Some employers allow you to import the W-2 through the software, but for security reasons you still need information from the actual W-2 to import it. You might need to phone, drop in, email and/or snail mail an old employer to make sure they know where to send your W-2.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2561916-how-can-i-get-a-copy-of-my-w-2

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1934390-how-do-i-import-my-W-2

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2588751-why-can-t-i-import-my-w-2

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/income/help/what-if-it-s-february-but-i-still-don-t-have-my-w-2/00/25998

https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc154

And….SAVE YOUR OWN W-2! TURBOTAX DOES NOT SAVE IT FOR YOU. TurboTax will not have a copy of it in your account and will not have an image even if you snapped a photo or imported it. It is up to you to save it for your own records as stated on the back of the W-2.

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