# Form W-2

> Form W-2 — The year-end statement of an employee's wages and withholding — boxes 1, 3 and 5 for income tax, Social Security and Medicare wages — furnished to the employee and filed with the SSA by January 31, with no automatic extension.

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**What is form w-2?** In accounting, form W-2 means the year-end statement of an employee's wages and withholding — boxes 1, 3 and 5 for income tax, Social Security and Medicare wages — furnished to the employee and filed with the SSA by January 31, with no automatic extension.

## Also known as

- Wage and Tax Statement

## Words this system refuses for it

- 1099-NEC (a contractor's)
- pay stub

- **Category:** Payroll
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** statement