After you file

@Billy S 

 

If this has been an issue over more than one tax year AND you have the same employer then the most likely situation is the employer either sends in the W-2/3 forms to the SS office late and/or they paper file which takes more time to be uploaded into the SS system then transferred to the Feds & State taxing authorities.  So when the state asks for your copy of the W-2 it is because they did not yet get one from the employer.