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W-2 Filing Specifications

silver ball MMREF-1 - TY04
Specifications for Magnetic Media Reporting and Electronic Filing of W-2 Information for Tax Year 2004. These specifications are for filing 2004 W-2s in calendar year 2005.

silver ball MMREF-1 - TY04
Specifications for Magnetic Media Reporting and Electronic Filing of W-2 Information for Tax Year 2004. These specifications are for filing 2004 W-2s in calendar year 2005. (PDF)

silver ball MMREF-2 - TY04
Specifications for Magnetic Media Reporting and Electronic Filing of W-2c Information (Correction of W-2 Information). These specifications are for filing 2004 W-3cs in calendar year 2005.

silver ball MMREF-2 - TY04
Specifications for Magnetic Media Reporting and Electronic Filing of W-2c Information (Correction of W-2 Information). These specifications are for filing 2004 W-3cs in calendar year 2005. (PDF)

silver ball MMREF-1 - TY03
Specifications for Magnetic Media Reporting and Electronic Filing of W-2 Information for Tax Year 2003. These specifications are for filing 2003 W-2s.

silver ball MMREF-2 - TY03
Specifications for Magnetic Media Reporting and Electronic Filing of W-2c Information (Correction of W-2 Information) These specifications are for filing 2003 W-2cs.

Want to know which states accept MMREF format? Click here

silver ball Software Specifications and Edits for Annual Wage Reporting

Pub. No. 31-011 - NOTE: This publication is available in two formats:
Portable Document Format:  (You must have Adobe reader software to view this file.)
Text Format

silver ball Business Services Online (BSO) Handbook for Tax Year 2003

silver ball Business Services Online (BSO)Handbook for Tax Year 2004

silver ball Employee Verification Service (EVS)

silver ball Electronic Data Transfer (EDT) Guide

silver ball List of Vendors for Magnetic Media and Electronic Filing

 

Helpful Nontechnical Publications

silver ball Your Social Security Number

Publication No. 05-10002

silver ball Employer's Guide to Filing Timely and Accurate W-2 Wage Reports

Publication No. 16-004

silver ball Employer's Guide to Filing Timely and Accurate Form 499R-2/W-2PR

Wage Reports on Puerto Rico Sited Employees

silver ball An Employer's Investment in Social Security

Publication No. 05-10059

silver ball If You Employ Household Workers

silver ball Farmers, Growers and Crew Leaders

silver ball SSA/IRS REPORTER

Some documents available in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).
Click here for information regarding PDF.

SSA/IRS Reporter - Fall 2004 (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Fall 2004 - Spanish (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Summer 2004 (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Summer 2004 - Spanish (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Spring 2004 (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Spring 2004 - Spanish (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Winter 2003 (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Winter 2003 - Spanish (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Fall 2003 (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Fall 2003 - Spanish (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Summer 2003 (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Summer 2003 - Spanish (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Spring 2003 (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Spring 2003 - Spanish (PDF)

SSA/IRS Reporter - Winter 2002 (PDF)

 

Forms

Most forms that are required for wage reporting are IRS forms. However, SSA does have a few forms that are useful to employers:

silver ball SS-5 - Application for a Social Security Card

silver ball SSA-7004 - Request for Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement

silver ball Form SSA-131, Employer Report of Special Wage Payments

silver ball Form 6559, Transmitter Report and Summary of Magnetic Media (PDF)

silver ball Form 6559-A Continuation Sheet for Form 6559 (PDF)

NOTE: Forms SSA131 and Form 6559/6559-A require that you have Adobe's Acrobat Reader.

IRS Forms
The IRS has several forms that are necessary for wage reporting. The IRS makes these forms available in four different formats. The easiest format to access is Portable Document Format accessible with the Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this software, see our information on Adobe's Acrobat Reader. After you have downloaded and installed this software, you can find all of the following forms at the IRS's Forms Page.

To get IRS forms information,
Click here, (http://www.irs.gov), or view the following:

2003 W-2 and W-3 Instructions

2004 Form 941 - Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return Form

2004 Form 941 Instructions

2003 Form W-3PR Puerto Rico

Publication 957 - Reporting Back Pay and Special Wage Payments to the Social Security Administration

Sick Pay Reporting - Section 6 of Publication 15A, Employers Supplemental Tax Guide

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