HR giant ADP, which provides payroll, tax and benefits administration for more than 640,000 companies, was hit hard by identity thieves this week. The perps made off with tax and salary data, ...

Chances are that when you get your paycheck, you don’t look closely at anything beyond the net pay—the amount deposited into your account. But your Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement? That’s a different ...

Every direct employee of a company receives 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. However, ...

Tax season seems to come with its own language. There are so many terms to learn: credits, deductions, adjusted gross income, modified adjusted gross income, filing status, estimated taxes. Even the ...

Tax season opens January 26, 2026, which means that tax forms will be arriving in mailboxes and inboxes soon. Here’s when to expect Forms W-2, 1099 and others—and what to do if they don’t show up on ...

When should my W-2 form show up? We've officially hit the Friday, Jan. 31 deadline for employers to mail W-2 forms that report an employee's income and withholdings. Typically, you'd have that W-2 in ...

W-2 forms are tax forms maintained by employers and sent to employees and the Internal Revenue Service. Wages for the year and the amount of taxes withheld are reported on the W-2. All employees in ...

While this blog is nominally mine, I don’t come up with ideas in a vacuum. This article on W-2 scams sprung from a conversation I had with my colleague Steve Williams, who ended up being my co-author.

When should my W-2 form show up? We're looking at a Friday, Jan. 31, deadline for employers to mail W-2 forms that report an employee's income and withholdings. Typically, you'd have that W-2 in hand ...

Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to make the most of it. This includes writing about consumer AI products and their real-world impact, from ...