Every employer engaged in a trade or business who pays remuneration, including noncash payments of $600 or more for the year (all amounts if any income, social security, or Medicare tax was withheld) for services performed by an employee must file a Form W-2 for each employee (even if the employee is related to the employer) from whom:
- Income, social security, or Medicare tax was withheld.
- Income tax would have been withheld if the employee had claimed no more than one withholding allowance or had not claimed exemption from withholding on Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate.
Current Revision
Instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3 (Print Version (PDF))
(Including Forms W-2AS, W-2CM, W-2GU, W-2VI, W-3SS, W-2c, and W-3c)
Recent Developments
Clarification on Code P Reporting in Box 12 of the 2019 Form W-2 -- 23-APR-2019
Exclusion from Wages and Compensation of Qualified Moving Expenses -- 05-MAR-2019