| contact the places you worked and ask for your W-2.
If you cannot get a response than contact the corporate office.
If you cannot obtain a W-2 you still must file your taxes. This is what you will need to do.
If you have tried numerous times to contact your former employer in order to obtain a copy, with no luck, do you just file your return without it? Not exactly. You must report the income you earned whether or not you received a W-2 form. But how?
Estimate (via your final paycheck stub or other means) the amount of income you earned from that employer and include that amount as wages on your tax return.
If you also had federal and/or state income taxes withheld, enter those amounts on your return also.
Get a copy of Form 4852: Substitute for Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement and fill it out.
Attach Form 4852 to your Form 1040 (or Form 1040A or 1040-EZ) before you mail it in.
Form 4852 is a substitute for Form W-2 (and for Form 1099-R, normally issued for retirement distributions). You prepare the form using the best information that you have. The form asks for the following information:
Employer's name and address.
Employer's federal identification number if you have it.
Salary and withholding information for the year. (The best place to locate this information is on your last paycheck stub).
How you determined the amount of salary and withholding you've entered on the form. "Paycheck stub" is a common explanation, but if you cannot locate your last paycheck from that employer, give your best estimates and say so in your explanation.
What efforts you made toward obtaining your W-2 form. Be specific in your response: list dates of phone calls, letters, visits, whatever you did in your quest for your W-2 form.
If your employer went out of business, send another copy of the form to the Social Security Administration office that's listed in your phone directory. This is to ensure that you receive proper credit for your wages for Social Security earnings records purposes.
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