Okay again, and I don't think you read or maybe didn't understand the original question, but I agree with you, in that I make the same assumption. I wasn't questioning the assumption or conclusion, I was asking if it's explicit anywhere. So you sent a cite and I asked what portion of that cite is the explicit answer to my question and you said 'well if you can't figure it out...' which is bringing us back to the original question. I can figure it out and draw a conclusion, but sometimes clients (and even payroll companies) want an explicit answer before they stop and correct a practice they've been doing for years without ever having a problem (and yes, that happens, sole proprietors and single member llcs pay their owner on a W2 without ever having it challenged and then I come in and tell them to stop and they understandably want a solid reason). So when I ask for a cite which is explicit, and you provide one and I say where in that is it explicit and you say 'figure it out' what you're saying is "no, I do not know of any place where it says it explicitly" and to be honest in that case, and this is a problem on this forum, if you don't know the answer or don't have the answer, it would be more efficient to not answer. There are so many people who don't read the question or don't have an answer but just can't resist posting anyway and it's a waste of time. So the conclusion after all this is 'no, there's no explicit prohibition on issuing yourself a W2. You have to read between the lines' Got it, thanks.
