If you’ve ever looked at your W-2 form, you might have noticed Box 12 filled with a bunch of letters and numbers. It can be pretty confusing at first, but understanding what those codes mean is super ...

A draft version of Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, for 2026 includes boxes and codes for reporting qualified tips and qualified overtime compensation that can be deducted temporarily under the ...

Kelly Phillips Erb is a Forbes senior writer who covers tax. This article is more than 8 years old. By now, your employer should have provided you with your form W-2. Most taxpayers do one of two ...

Throughout January, workers are getting W-2 tax forms from their employers. To help you decipher the often-obscure codes and numbers you'll find on your form, below we've provided a box-by-box ...

W-2 Wage and Tax Statements are out for 2013, and you may be wondering what all those numbers really mean. Let's see if I can help. (Click on the image to make it bigger.) First, the lettered blocks: ...

Employers must issue Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, to employees by January 31st, so you should have received yours by now. But have you ever actually stopped to look at your W-2? And do you know ...

Chances are that when you get your paycheck, you don’t look closely at anything beyond the net pay—the amount deposited into your account. But your Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement? That’s a different ...

The IRS and payroll firms are reminding tax preparers about a verification code being added this tax season to 50 million W-2s as part of a test to fight fraud and protect businesses and taxpayers ...

At first glance, the computation of total W-2 wages under Sec. 199A appears daunting because three possible methods are available. But before determining which method to use, practitioners must ...