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LeeM
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Do i have to use the original w2 form or can i use a printed one

You can use a printed one. It doesn't matter since the IRS receives the same information.

AceD2134
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Do i have to use the original w2 form or can i use a printed one

Can I use regular blank paper or does it need to be perforated paper 

LindaB1993
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Do i have to use the original w2 form or can i use a printed one

The regular blank paper is acceptable for filing your return.

 

The W-2 copies must be easily separable or already separated.  Perforations meet this requirement, as does cutting them yourself. 

 

The regulation is designed so that employees don't have to cut the W-2's themselves.  If the forms are printed on different pieces of paper, or they are cut, then this of course meets the requirement to be easily separable, since they're already separated. 

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Do i have to use the original w2 form or can i use a printed one

I apologize, I replied to the wrong thread, didn't know how to delete so I backspaced the text.  New to the community forums, sorry about that!

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