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The information on this form is needed by the employee for filing their personal income tax return.  \nThe Form W-2 is a substitute wage and tax statement as allowed by IRS and is acceptable for filing with Federal and State Income tax returns. The Form W-2 conforms to the official issued IRS Form W-2. The W-2 Wage and Tax Statement prints with 3 copies of the Form W-2 on one self sealer page:  \nCOPY 2 for filing with the employee's STATE tax return, and  \nCOPY B for filing with the employee's FEDERAL tax return  \nCOPY C for the employee's records.  \nForm W-2 must be furnished to employees or postmarked by January 31 each year.  \nThe University of Arizona Financial Services Office/Operations maintains returned Form W-2 for 4 years. The information provided in \"Understanding your Form W-2\" and “Reconciling your Form W-2\" is designed to provide an explanation of the amounts in the numbered boxes on the W-2 and how the information in each box was derived.  \nIf you have questions or need additional clarifications, contact the FSO/Operations office at 621-9097 or email payroll at: [payroll@fso.arizona.edu](payroll@fso.arizona.edu)  \nUNDERSTANDING YOUR FORM W-2 WAGE AND TAX STATEMENT  \nBox a-Employee's Social Security Number: This is your Social Security number as provided to the University. This number should be an exact match to the number appearing on your Social Security card. If this number is incorrect, contact FSO-Operations for instructions. If you have not provided a valid Social Security Number “Applied For” will appear in this box. Once you provide a copy of the card issued by Social Security Administration to FSO Operations you will receive a W-2C Corrected Wage and Tax Statement.  \nBox b-Employer’s Identification Number: This is the University’s employer identification number (State of Arizona) .  \nBox c-Employer’s Name, Address, and Zip Code: This is the University of Arizona Payroll Department's U.S. mail address for W-2 purposes.  \nBox d & e-Employee's Name, Address, and Zip Code: This is your name and last address on file as it appears on the University’s current payroll records. The name should be an exact match to the name appearing on your Social Security Card. If there is a discrepancy, please contact FSO-Operations for instructions on how to correct. If there is an address change, please change your address through Employee Link.  \nBox 1-Wages, Tips, Other Compensation: This amount includes total wages, tips and other compensation paid to you during the calendar year based on dollars received from the first pay day in January to the last pay day in December. In addition, any amounts received as fringe benefits--for example, the value of group-term life insurance plan coverage in excess of $50,000--are also added to the wages in Box 1. However, salary reductions for health and dental insurance plan coverage, flexible spending account for health, flexible spending account for dependent care benefits up to $5000, and contributions to a retirement plan, will reduce the income reported in this box.  \nBox 2-Federal Income Tax Withheld: This is the amount of federal income tax withheld from your wages reported in Box 1. Your W-4 Employee Withholding Allowance Certificate on file with FSOOperations was used to determine the rate which tax was withheld.  \nBox 3-Social Security Wages (OASDI): This amount represents total wages, tips and other compensation plus imputed income minus salary reductions for health insurance plan coverage and spending accounts up to the maximum Social Security wage base for each year that was subject to Social Security tax. Therefore, this box may differ from Federal (Box 1) wages in that salary reductions for retirement plan contributions ","cbCaiiDt03Pd1B0c","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiDt03Pd1B0c","pdf",530934,9,"English","# Understanding Your Form W-2 and 1042-S\n## What the Form W-2 Is and When It Is Due\n## How the W-2 Box Fields Are Calculated and Reported\n### Employee and Employer Identification Boxes (a–e)\n### Wage and Tax Withholding Boxes (1–6, 9–10)\n### Box 12 Alpha Codes and Referenced Instructions","[{\"question\":\"What is Form W-2 used for in personal income tax filing?\",\"answer\":\"Form W-2 provides information about taxable wages and taxes withheld for the calendar year. 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