Employers, Please Note—
Need help? If you have questions about reporting on Form W-2,
Specific information needed to complete Form W-2 is available
call the information reporting customer service site toll free at
in a separate booklet titled the 2017 General Instructions for
1-866-455-7438 or 304-263-8700 (not toll free). For TTY/TDD
Forms W-2 and W-3. You can order those instructions and
equipment for persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a
additional forms at
speech disability, call 304-579-4827 (not toll free).
Caution: Do not send the SSA Forms W-2 and W-3 that you
E-filing. If you file 250 or more Form(s) W-2, you must file
have printed from IRS.gov. The SSA is unable to process these
electronically. Even if you aren’t required to file electronically,
forms. Instead, you can create and submit them online. See
doing so can save you time and effort. Employers may now use
E-filing, later.
the SSA's W-2 Online service to create, save, print, and submit
Due dates. By January 31, 2018, furnish Copies B, C, and 2 to
up to 50 Form(s) W-2 at a time over the Internet. When you e-file
each person who was your employee during 2017. Mail or
with the SSA, no separate Form W-3 filing is required. An
electronically file Copy A of Form(s) W-2 and W-3 with the SSA
electronic Form W-3 will be created for you by the W-2 Online
by January 31, 2018. See the separate instructions.
service. For information, visit the SSA's Employer W-2 Filing
Instructions & Information website at
Future developments. Information about any future
developments affecting Form W-2 and its instructions (such as
legislation enacted after we release them) will be posted at