Deadline Dates to File W-2 Forms for 2013

Deadline to distribute Forms W-2 to employee:  January 31, 2014

Deadline to file using paper Forms W-2:  February 28, 2014

Deadline to file using Business Services Online (e-filing): March 31, 2014

Each year, employers must send Copy A of Forms W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement) to Social Security to report the wages and taxes of your employees for the previous calendar year. In addition, a Form W-2 must be given to each employee. Forms W-2 are sent to Social Security along with a Form W-3 (Transmittal of Income and Tax Statements). Employers are required to file a Form W-2 for wages paid to each employee from whom:

• Income, Social Security, or Medicare taxes were withheld, or
• Income tax would have been withheld if the employee had claimed no more than one withholding allowance or had not claimed exemption from withholding on a Form W-4, (Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate).