IRS reminder: Employers must file Forms W-2 and provide Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC by January 31, 2022
Employers must file Forms W-2 and other wage statements by January 31, 2022.
Provide Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC by January 31, 2022
The IRS today issued a reminder that to avoid penalties, employers must file Forms W-2 and other wage statements by January 31, 2022.
As noted in today’s IRS release—IR-2022-15—a 2015 law made permanent a requirement that employers file copies of their Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statements, and Form W-3, Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements, with the Social Security Administration by January 31. Forms W-2 are normally due to workers by January 31.
Forms 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Information, and Forms 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation, are also due to taxpayers by January 31, 2022.
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