Just because the second W2 was printed and given to you doesn't mean the form was transmitted to the Social Security Administration, the IRS, or that the taxes were paid on it.
Sometimes payroll providers will issue a W-2, discover it is wrong and correct it. That is why I suggest checking for the Correction indicator at the top of the form.
If the form that matches your income has the Corrected box checked, that means the payroll processor corrected it, and unless they are completely incompetent, they filed it as a correction, not as an addition to the other form. in other words the correction replaces the first form.
You should be concerned about the matter, because there is a possibility that both forms were filed and that could be a problem for you. Your employer needs to look into this for you and make sure that it was handled properly.
That being said, the mere fact of that second form exists doesn't mean that you have the to claim the extra income.
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