A W-2 tax form shows important information about the income you’ve earned from your employer, amount of taxes withheld from your paycheck, benefits provided and other information for the year. You use this form to file your federal and state taxes.
Box 1 contains the amount of your wages, tips and other compensation. Box 2 shows how much federal income tax was withheld from your paychecks. Box 3 contains how much of your pay was subject to Social Security withholding. Box 4 contains the amount of Social Security taxes withheld from yo...
Box 16 shows an employee’s wages that are subject to state income tax. If the employee works in a state with no state income tax, leave Box 16 blank. An employee’s Box 16 amount may differ from Box 1. This is not necessarily a mistake. Some wages are exempt from federal income ta...