What should I do if my IRS wage and income transcript shows a lower amount ($900) less than what my employer put on my W-2?

[meganeschneide]

Do I need to do anything?

[KrisD15]

The amounts should match.

Are you looking at your W-2 Box 1? 

Can you give us a little more information please. 

What tax year is this concerning? 

Why do you have a tax transcript from the IRS? 

Did your (or will your) employer be issuing a corrected W-2? 

[meganeschneide]

Looking at box 1 on my w2. This is concerning this tax year 2025. And I am not sure. Upon looking at my tax transcript the numbers are different than on my w2 by $900. And I’m not sure if they need to issue a corrected w2. That’s what I am asking here. Is it an issue or will it automatically be corrected by the IRS? 

[KrisD15]

Use your W-2. 

It should not be an issue. I assume the IRS does not have their copy of your W-2 yet. 

The IRS may not have received or inputted the information from their copy of your W-2 and may have listed the information they received from the Social Security Administration.  The income the SSA reports to the IRS could be different or just not yet up-to-date. 

If the IRS is just waiting for their W-2, they will update your wage on your transcript when they get their copy. 

If you are unsure, you can ask your employer if they had to issue a Corrected W-2 (W-2C)  but I would assume the IRS just is not fully updated.