- Due Date
- Tax Year 2021 wage reports must be filed with the Social Security Administration by February 1, 2022.
- Tax Year 2021 wage reports must be filed with the Social Security Administration by February 1, 2022.
- The Taxpayer First Act mandates electronic filing of IRS forms including W-2s.
- In 2022* if you send 100 or more W-2s to SSA, you have to file them electronically
- In 2023* that limit is lowered to 10
- See the Taxpayer First Act page for more information including options to file for free
- See IRS Taxpayer First Act Provisions, IRS Modernization, Electronic Filing of Returns (Section 2301)
*Pending IRS issuing final regulations.
- In 2022* if you send 100 or more W-2s to SSA, you have to file them electronically
- In 2023* that limit is lowered to 10
- See the Taxpayer First Act page for more information including options to file for free
- See IRS Taxpayer First Act Provisions, IRS Modernization, Electronic Filing of Returns (Section 2301)
- Changes have been made to the Wage File Upload process.
- Files will be processed in real-time, and you will get results right away of
either Success
or Reject.
- If your
file is rejected, the SSA will now provide the errors right on the screen.
- You
will not receive a Wage File Identifier (WFID) until you have fixed the
errors, resubmitted the file, and it passes all edits.
- For more information
- Read the tutorial
- View the infographic
- View the video
- Read the training package
Note: Files created with Payroll Compliance Reporting or W2/1099 are in EFW2 format.
- Files will be processed in real-time, and you will get results right away of either Success or Reject.
- If your file is rejected, the SSA will now provide the errors right on the screen.
- You will not receive a Wage File Identifier (WFID) until you have fixed the errors, resubmitted the file, and it passes all edits.
- For more information
- Read the tutorial
- View the infographic
- View the video
- Read the training package
