| | How to create a corrected W-2 form |
| Resolution | Changing an existing amount - Click Reports & Forms, Forms, Tax Forms.
- Double-click Payroll Tax Forms.
- Select Federal.
- Select [year] W-2\W-3.
- Set Year to the needed year.
- Click OK.
- Select Correct Completed W-2s.
- Click Next.
- Choose Yes or No for each W-2 copy as appropriate.
- Click Continue.
- Enter any needed changes to employee information.
NOTE: The text of edited fields will be blue - Click Next Step.
- Enter any needed changes to wage or withholding amounts.
- Click Next Step.
- Select an option for Divider Sheets.
- Click Next.
- If desired, Print the review data, and then click Next.
- For each correction form (only the needed forms will be given automatically), click Print Final, and then click Next.
NOTE: If you're efiling a W-2C past the employee copy deadline but before the Federal copy deadline, you will get the entire copy of the Federal W-2 to send again, not the Federal W-2C. - After the final form, the W-2 History File Options screen will reopen; if no further reprints/etc are needed, click Close.
Changing company information, tax ID numbers, W-3 information, or data verification questions - Click Reports & Forms, Forms, Tax Forms.
- Double-click Payroll Tax Forms.
- Select Federal.
- Select [year] W-2\W-3.
- Set Year to the needed year.
- Click OK.
- Select Correct Completed W-2s.
- Click Next.
- Choose Yes or No for each W-2 copy as appropriate.
- Click Continue.
- Select Edit, Company Setup.
- Enter any needed changes to Company Information.
- Click Next twice.
- Make changes to any of the State or Local Tax Items.
- Click Next.
- Make changes to the Data Verification questions if needed.
- Click Next.
- Make changes to the W-3 Information.
- Click Next.
- Continue through the rest of the Next Step screens to select the forms that need to be reprinted.
Adding missing information to a W-2 NOTE: If you E-filed the W-2s and need to add missing information, you will not be able to correct them through the Sage 50—U.S. Edition. - Click Reports & Forms, Forms, Tax Forms.
- Double-click Payroll Tax Forms.
- Select Federal.
- Select [year] W-2\W-3.
- Set Year to the needed year.
- Click OK.
- Select Start Over.
- Select No to the question, "Have you distributed any copies to the Social Security Administration (SSA) or State?"
- Click OK.
- Click Next until you reach the field that needs to be added. If the field is a text field, enter a period. If the field is an amount field, enter 0.00. Continue to the print options.
- Select to print the copies that need to be corrected, and then click Next.
- When the form is on the screen, select Next Step, Yes, and then Cancel on each copy of the form.
- When you reach the W-2 History File Options, follow Option I to make corrections.
Need to do a corrected W-2 in merged company for payroll purposes - Click Reports & Forms, Forms, Tax Forms.
- Double-click Payroll Tax Forms.
- Select Existing Form.
- Click OK.
- Put a check-mark in the payroll year for the W-2s that you want to change.
- Click Edit.
- Select Correct Completed W-2s.
- Click Next.
- Make any changes as necessary.
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