WHAT TO DO IF MISSING MY W2?

auggie1982 — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:54:10 GMT

i never received my w2 from employer, and my employer refuses to return my messages. can turbo tax pull them up for me? or how can i get them

Re: WHAT TO DO IF MISSING MY W2?

xmasbaby0 — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 01:57:48 GMT

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 2024 W-2 that you received must be reported on your 2024 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 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. Some employers have payroll sites that will have your W-2. You might need to phone, text, 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/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-forms/get-copy-w-2/L8FTim9MO_US_en_US?uid=m68ee4os

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/import-enter-w-2/L55HzdeDr_US_en_US?uid=m68efe36

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.

You can get a wage and income transcript from the IRS: It will not show the actual W-2, 1099’s, etc, but will show the income information the IRS received. It will not, however, show your state information. It will only show the federal information.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

Re: WHAT TO DO IF MISSING MY W2?

rjs — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 02:31:50 GMT

TurboTax cannot "pull up" your W-2. You can call the IRS and they will contact the employer for you. See the following link on the IRS web site.

Topic no. 154, Form W-2 and Form 1099-R (what to do if incorrect or not received)

If you end up needing to file Form 4852, TurboTax will prepare it for you and include it in your tax return. You do not have to use the Form 4852 that the IRS sends you.

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