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How do I enter income when my employer won't provide a W2 due to it being only $459?

sandi-kinzer — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:07:46 GMT

Employers do not have to provide W2's for under $2700 in income. I called employer and they will not send me a W2. I can't find how to enter it into Turbo Tax.

Re: How do I enter income when my employer won't provide a W2 due to it being only $459?

JohnW152 — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:11:50 GMT

Except in a very rare circumstance, your employer is required to give you a Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement. If you don't receive it, you may have to paper-file your return using IRS Form 4852, Substitute for Form W-2 using your last pay stub, but that would be an absolute last-resort option.

According to Who must file Form W-2 in the General Instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3 (2024):

Only in very limited situations will you not have to file Form W-2. This may occur if you were not required to withhold any income tax, social security tax, or Medicare tax and you paid the employee less than $600, such as for certain election workers and certain foreign agricultural workers.

See the following resources for guidance:

The TurboTax Help article What if I don't have my W-2 by February?
The TurboTax Help article How do I file a substitute W-2 using Form 4852?
The TurboTax article What To Do If You Haven't Received a W-2
The IRS' If you don’t get a W-2 or your W-2 is wrong

Re: How do I enter income when my employer won't provide a W2 due to it being only $459?

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 01:10:00 GMT

@sandi-kinzer Were you a "household employee?" Did you work as a nanny, a babysitter in the people's home, as house cleaner, gardener.....? That would explain why they said they do not have to issue a W-2 if you made less than $2700.

People who hire Household Employees are required to issue W-2's if they paid the employee $2700 or more. If you were paid less ----and you say it was about $459 --- then they were not obligated to issue a W-2 to you. You can report this on your tax return as self-employment income since it is over $400, and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.