How Do You Read A W2 Form?
Form W-2, prepared by your employer or your accountant, details how much money you made and the amount of taxes withheld from your paychecks. When you receive your W-2, you will notice that it has three or four sections of identical squares. Each of these is labeled in the top left corner. You will find Copy B, Copy C and Copy 2. One section will be labeled Copy B, and you will need to file this copy with your federal tax return. You also will see one or two boxes labeled Copy 2. These should be filed with your state or local income tax returns. The final section is Copy C. This is for you to keep with your records. There are multiple boxes on each of the W-2 copies. Each of these boxes is labeled with a letter or number. At the top right corner of each copy is the year the W-2 covers. Underneath the year is an OMB number, which is a government identifying number for the documents. You do not need to do anything with this number. Box A contains your Social Security number. Box B, direc
