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If you’re a tax preparer, you’ve likely heard of the new verification code added to Form W-2s this tax season. The IRS has added this extra level of protection to 50 million W-2s as an experiment to combat fraud and protect businesses and taxpayers from identity theft. The verification code consists of 16 digits, and […]

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Your W-2: Six Important Facts

If you work for someone else, as an employee of a business or company, you should expect to receive a Form W-2 in the mail sometime between January and February. The form has a lot of little boxes and numbers on it, and is required to be sent to you by any employer who paid […]

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Tax season can be complicated: From the math, to the organization of documents, to the filing of the forms. The IRS has over 900 different tax forms available to taxpayers when filing their returns. Generally, the average taxpayer doesn’t have to worry about a majority of the forms. Ten of them are relatively common, and […]

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