W-2 Help

[marine]

Guys/gals,

What can I do if a employer does not give me a w-2? what are my actions or recourse?
Make a long story short, the guy my wife worked for is a piece of dogsh*t and ended up going bankrupt in november due to his shady dealings. He has pulled some unbelievable stuff with her paychecks in teh past as far as withholdings go, and i want to make sure he is held accountable for them all. He says use the last paystub of the year before we left the area, I say "F*UCK NO" you give me a damn w-2!

anyone have any advice on legal recourse? or what i can do for filing purposes? I know the bastard has been skimming from the employees with various methods of withholdings and he is refusing to dish out w-2's now. what can i do?

 

[S-Love]

http://www.taxformprocessing.com/tax/faq/tax8.htm

 

[Gerard]

Are you doing your own taxes or having someone else do them?

 

[marine]

I am doing them myself, as I do every year, although this year I am trying out the turbo tax cd program. not really liking it much tho as they claim i owe a whole lotta money!

 

[marine]

oh god, this is a funny one! by the way S-love, thanks for the link. I called my wife's former employer and his wife/secretary/business partner answered and told me, and I quote--

"We just don't have the money to go sending everyone their w-2's. Just use your last paycheck and you will be fine. Go ahead and put a note on your tax form that you never got your w-2 and there won't be any problems."

After rolling with laughter and letting her know just how silly she and her husband appear to be, she referred me to their lawyer who I am supposed to call and she will "set me straight"

According to the IRS, my wife is LEGALLY required to receive a w-2 from these schmucks! Before I go off the handle on these monkeys, can someone let me know if I am right or wrong in assuming this?
I really 110% do NOT believe stapling a note to my 1040 is going to make things all good.
:shrug:

 

[kcwolf]

They were legally responsible to have that w-2 to you by January 31.

 

[BADTODABONE]

As required by law, all employers are to mail out to all employees by Jan 31,W-2 forms. GL, don't know what to tell you to do other than call an IRS help-line. They should be understanding to your situation. Bells,whistles and confetti start flying when they hear my SS#. IRS is a much friendlier group today than they were 15-20 years ago.

 

[AR182]

Marine,

I had to go over my own tax situation with my accountant this morning & happened to mention your situation. He told me that you should use your wife's last paystub & write that this is a substitute w-2 because employer would not issue a w-2 form. He said they should take it from there.

Hope this helps.

 

[TheShrimp]

I'd go with what AR182 said.

Just mail the last one in and write them a note. At some point in the process, a non-idiot human will probably handle your shit and at that point they'll realize what the deal is. Why go through the time/stress/aggrevation of trying to get a w-2 from the jerk.

If you're eating dog food on valentine's day to get your wife a present, I'm guessing you're not in such a high bracket that they care about auditing you.

 

[marine]

If you're eating dog food on valentine's day to get your wife a present, I'm guessing you're not in such a high bracket that they care about auditing you.

LMAO!!!

 

[Blitz]

Marine,

Marine,

My wife works for the IRS, she says the same thing, just include a copy of your wifes final paycheck from 2002 and a note explaining the situation wouldn't hurt!

 

[marine]

So seriously, I am pinning the risk of an audit on a note?

Can I not file and just send them a note saying my dog ate it?

 

[Blitz]

Here's a little IRS humor for you!

Here's a little IRS humor for you!

A bright, young, fresh-out-of-school auditor just joined the IRS,
> excited to begin tracking down high-powered offenders-just as the Enron
> or WorldCom guys. Anxious for his first high-powered audit, he was a bit
> dismayed when his assignment was to audit a Rabbi.
>
> Looking over the books and taxes were pretty straight forward, and the
> Rabbi clearly very frugal, so he thought he'd make his day interesting
> by having a little fun with the Rabbi.
>
> "Rabbi," he said, "I noticed that you buy a lot of candles."
>
> "Yes," answered the Rabbi.
>
> "Well, Rabbi, what do you do with the candle drippings?" he asked.
>
> "A good question," noted the Rabbi. "We actually save them up and when
> we have enough, we send them back to the candle maker. And every now and
> then, they send us a free box of candles."
>
> "Oh," replied the auditor somewhat disappointed that his unusual
> question actually had a practical answer. So he thought he'd go on, in
> his obnoxious way..."Rabbi, what about all these matzo purchases? What
> do you do with the crumbs from the matzo?"
>
> "Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi calmly, "we actually collect up all the
> crumbs from the matzo and when we have enough, we send them in a box
> back to the manufacturer and every now and then, they send a box of
> matzo balls."
>
> "Oh," replied the auditor, thinking hard how to fluster the Rabbi.
> "Well, Rabbi," he went on, "what do you do with all the foreskins from
> the circumcisions?"
>
> "Yes, here too, we do not waste," answered the Rabbi. "What we do is
> save up all the foreskins, and when we have enough we actually send them
> to the I.R.S."
>
> "The I.R.S.?," questioned the auditor in disbelief.
>
> "Ahh, yes," replied the Rabbi, " the I.R.S. " ...and about once a year,
> they send us a little prick like you."

 

[Blazer]

:Yep: :clap: :clap: :clap: :lol2 :lol2 :lol2