What to Do If You Have Not Received a Form W-2

Los Angeles Tax Audit Attorney

You are familiar enough with the tax laws to know that you should receive a "Wage and Tax
Statement" (also known as a Form W-2), from every one of the employers that you worked for during
the year. You need it to prepare your federal, state, and local income tax returns because it contains a
summary of your taxable and non-taxable wages along with all the taxes, both income and social
security, that have been withheld.

If your employer states that the forms are going to be mailed "really soon," give him or her until the
middle of February. At that time, if you still have not received the required statement, you should
gather the following information to prepare yourself for a telephone call to the Internal Revenue
Service:

• Employer's name, address, telephone number, and identification number. You might be able to get the identification number from a pay stub.
• Your name, address, telephone number, and Social Security number.
• An estimate of the wages you earned during the year, the federal income tax withheld, and the
  dates you started and ended employment, if applicable. (This information can be obtained from
  your periodic pay stubs; now you know why you were keeping them!)

If you need a Los Angeles tax audit attorney it is best to contact one right away and provide all paper work to date.