What to do if you dont get a W-2 form.

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If you dont get a W-2 form by your employer by February 2nd, contact your employer and let them know that you havent gotten one. Find out if and when the form was sent. Then allow a reasonable period of time to pass to see if you are sent the form. If not, and you still havent gotten the form by February 17th, contact the IRS.

You still have to file your return even though you havent recieved the W-2 and to do this, you can use Form 4852 to do this. Attach this form to your return with an estimate of what your wages would be and send to the IRS.

Any refund that may be due you could take longer than usual to get to you while the IRS verifies this.

If later on you get a W-2 or W-2C, and the information is different from what you estimated, you can file a 1040X to amend your form.