Every direct employee of a company should receive a W-2 form in January. The W-2 is the base document that defines your tax obligations, so it is important that you review and understand yours.

With tax season just getting started—the season officially opened on January 27, 2025—you’ve likely received several tax reporting forms already, or they are on their way. Here's what you need to know ...

These days, you probably want to file your taxes as early as possible to prevent identity thieves from filing a false return in your name — but that requires you to have the necessary forms in hand, ...

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The Act established new above-the-line tax deductions for “qualified tips” and “qualified overtime ...

One of tax season’s biggest challenges is gathering all the documents you’ll need to file your return by the IRS deadline—including a W-2 form from your employer. If you left a job during the tax year ...

The IRS has released drafts of some 2026 tax forms, including a draft of Form W-2. The changes are intended to address tax reporting updates, particularly for tipped and overtime workers. Wondering ...

Form W-4 helps an employer calculate how much to withhold, and Form W-2 tells the employee and the IRS how much the employee earned and how much was withheld during the year. Understand how to use ...

Do you know what a W-2 form — officially termed Form W-2 by the IRS — actually is? According to the Tax Foundation, a majority of tax filers are unaware of basic tax concepts and requirements for ...

The IRS has published a draft of the 2026 Form W-2, which incorporates above-the-line tax deductions for “qualified tips” and “qualified overtime compensation,” as recently established by the One Big ...

Need to send out W-2s but don’t know all the details? We’ll dig into what they are and how they work. Key takeaways: A W-2 form is a federal tax form that documents an employee’s total compensation, ...