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Late W-2s and 1099s Avrum Lapin 01-31-2008
Posted by Avrum Lapin on January 31, 2008, 10:51 pm
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 Today is 1/31/08, the letter carrier has come and we are still short
2 W2s (2 employers) and 2 1099s (one brokerage firm). I'll call
tomorrow. I'd like to sic the IRS on these people but it appears the
the USPS has until 2/15/08 to deliver.

Any suggestions on encouraging earlier delivery next year.

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Remember, that January 31 is the day for a company to place the
forms in the mail, and it might take a few more days for the Post Office
to deliver. And, as you said, the IRS is not likely to get excited before
February 15.

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Posted by cmg on February 1, 2008, 5:30 pm
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> Today is 1/31/08, the letter carrier has come and we are still short
> 2 W2s (2 employers) and 2 1099s (one brokerage firm). I'll call
> tomorrow. I'd like to sic the IRS on these people but it appears the
> the USPS has until 2/15/08 to deliver.
>
> Any suggestions on encouraging earlier delivery next year.
>
> ========================================= MODERATOR'S COMMENT:
> Remember, that January 31 is the day for a company to place the
> forms in the mail, and it might take a few more days for the Post Office
> to deliver. And, as you said, the IRS is not likely to get excited before
> February 15.
>
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While I don't think this will help you, one year that the company I
worked for changed hands late in the year, and the W-2's came out on
time, but incorrect. (The form stated that I paid more SS than I
earned in wages!). The company was dragging their feet about getting
me (us) corrected forms. About the 10th of February, I mentioned that
if they were having problems correcting these forms for us, that I was
sure that the IRS would be more than willing to "help". Amazingly
enough, my corrected form appeared the next day.

Christina

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Posted by Harlan Lunsford on February 1, 2008, 5:48 pm
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Avrum Lapin wrote:
> Today is 1/31/08, the letter carrier has come and we are still short
> 2 W2s (2 employers) and 2 1099s (one brokerage firm). I'll call
> tomorrow. I'd like to sic the IRS on these people but it appears the
> the USPS has until 2/15/08 to deliver.
>
> Any suggestions on encouraging earlier delivery next year.
>
> ========================================= MODERATOR'S COMMENT:
> Remember, that January 31 is the day for a company to place the
> forms in the mail, and it might take a few more days for the Post Office
> to deliver. And, as you said, the IRS is not likely to get excited before
> February 15.
>
One more time I'm going to say this. An employer does not HAVE to mail
out W2 forms. He is of course supposed to make them available to
employees by Jan 31st. Which means if they are available at place of
business for pickup that's just fine.

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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Posted by PaulTry on February 1, 2008, 6:20 pm
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Harlan Lunsford wrote:

>>
> One more time I'm going to say this. An employer does not HAVE to mail
> out W2 forms. He is of course supposed to make them available to
> employees by Jan 31st. Which means if they are available at place of
> business for pickup that's just fine.
>
> ChEAr$,
> Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA
>

We've said this for years, but the W-2 instructions at
irs.gov say:

Furnishing Copies B, C, and 2 to employees. Furnish
Copies B, C, and 2 of Form W-2 to your employees, generally,
by January 31, 2008. You will meet the “furnish” requirement
if the form is properly addressed and mailed on or before
the due date.

The W-2 penalty provisions use the "furnish" terminology.

Handing them out at work would seem to comply, but just
having them available at the work place may not meet the
"furnish" requirement.

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Posted by Avrum Lapin on February 2, 2008, 12:09 pm
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> Harlan Lunsford wrote:
>
> >>
> > One more time I'm going to say this. An employer does not HAVE to mail
> > out W2 forms. He is of course supposed to make them available to
> > employees by Jan 31st. Which means if they are available at place of
> > business for pickup that's just fine.
> >
> > ChEAr$,
> > Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA
> >
snip
>
> Handing them out at work would seem to comply, but just
> having them available at the work place may not meet the
> "furnish" requirement.

Especially if the person is no longer an employee

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