{"id":4734,"date":"2010-12-26T16:45:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T21:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/?p=4734"},"modified":"2010-12-28T14:07:15","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T19:07:15","slug":"2010-form-w-2-tips-part-1-general-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/2010\/12\/2010-form-w-2-tips-part-1-general-information\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 Form W-2 Tips, Part 1, General Information"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2010 Form W-2 Tips, Part 1, General Information<\/div>\r\n<\/div>This is one in a continuing series on the 2010 Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement<\/a>, which employers must generally furnish to employees no later than January 31, 2011. Forms mailed on the due date are considered furnished if properly addressed. Employers unable to meet that deadline may file a request for extension of time to furnish the forms. Today we review general information regarding Form W-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Form W-2 Should Be Typed or Machine-Printed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forms W-2<\/a> should be typed or machine-printed in black ink, using 12-point Courier font. Dollar signs and commas must be omitted, but decimal points and cents, even if zero, must be included. Forms W-2<\/a> must be prepared on a calendar year basis using pay dates, not work dates. Wages for work performed in 2009 and paid in 2010 are included and wages for work performed in 2010 and paid in 2011 are excluded.<\/p>\n

Boxes a-f Contain Employee and Employer Identifying Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Report the employee\u2019s social security number (SSN) in box a. Employees who have applied for, but not received, an SSN should be reported with all zeroes and corrected on a Form W-2c<\/a>. Enter in box b the employer\u2019s employer identification number, not the owner\u2019s SSN. Box c must contain the employer\u2019s address as shown on Forms 941<\/a>, 943<\/a>, 944<\/a>, CT-1<\/a> or Schedule H of Form 1040<\/a>. Box d is an optional box for employer use to identify individual forms. Box e should report the employee\u2019s name exactly as shown on the social security card. Suffixes such as Sr. or Jr. should only be included if on the social security card. Do not include professional and academic titles and degrees such as CPA or Ph.D. as part of the employee\u2019s names. Names should not be changed on Form W-2<\/a> unless the employee has received a revised card from the Social Security Administration. The Address in box f should be the address where the employee receives mail. It is recommended that comma and periods not be used in delivery addresses. Foreign country names are not to be abbreviated.<\/p>\n

Box 1, Wages, Tips, Other Compensation Is the Next Topic<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next topic in this continuing series will be Box 1, wages, tips, other compensation<\/a>. Contact Vision Payroll<\/a> with any questions on 2010 Form W-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2010 Form W-2 Tips, Part 1, General Information This is one in a continuing series on the 2010 Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, which employers must generally furnish to employees no later than January 31, 2011. Forms mailed on the due date are considered furnished if properly addressed. Employers unable to meet that deadline […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[553,528,621,620,224,622,120,624],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4734"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4744,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4734\/revisions\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}