IRS Claims my former employer didn't report my wages but I have my W2 and I spoke with my previous employer who says she sent everything in. I never had an issue before.

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June 7, 2019
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IRS took all 60 days to review my account and never once contacted me. I finally called on the 60th day and they said they don't have any record of my wages from my old employer, only the 3k I made in the end of the year with my new employer. I told them I had the W2 to prove it but the IRS agent said that wasn't good enough, the employer needed to confirm my wages. The IRS agent sent a referral and said it would take another 60 days! I filed Feb.1st, it is now May 15th, I can't wait any longer. I called my previous employer and she swears she sent my info in. I didn't have any problems last year and I am the only employee experiencing this problem. Sounds like there was an error on the IRS side. I don't know what to do at this point. Any thoughts?

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Best answer by Critter

Ok ...the IRS will now ask the employer for the records hence the 60 day extension. So ask the employer to respond to the IRS when contacted even if she did file the W-2 & W-3 & 1096 timely. If she did NOT do it electronically then the paper forms had to be entered manually and when humans are involved mistakes can be made. I had a client with this situation last year where only their W-2 form had an IRS issue out of 8 total employees and the employer mailed in the forms .... bottom line it took 8 months for the employer & IRS to get this corrected.

What you could do ? First talk to the employer. Talk to the IRS and see where the employer can send the supporting docs in advance of being contacted.

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Ronin72

I am going through the exact same ridiculous b.s. My previous employer wasn't by any means very responsible as it so it was believable when the irs told me the same thing and he had emailed me a copy of my W2 2021 and when I called my ex employer he swears he reported everything and even gave me a confirmation letter showing he had and after trying for 3 days to get someone at the IRS to talk to me when I told them I had the documents stating my wages were reported and received by the IRS she just hung up on me.. there's no problem taking all our money the man like pulling teeth and trying their best not to give it back

Countrymamma

I found my taxes February 17th I'm tired of us it is now November 12th and other than a November 20th deadline for them to tell me again I'm sure that there's nothing they can do I have no idea what to do I'm waiting on almost $10,000 and my employer pretty much said that she turned it in but didn't turn it in again with a letter header or something like that it told me I need a written statement from her stating how much taxes she was home and how much I mean etc i am extremely aggravated to the best of my understanding Siri I did not plan on sending any kind of written statement into the IRS and I don't think there are you push my W-2 through if not so would I be liable for all the taxes but she was Helen didn't pay because if so that's like me paying them twice

VolvoGirl

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@Countrymamma Did you mail back a copy of your W2 to the IRS? They need to see it to match it to the copy your employer sent in. Something must not match on it, like your ssn or the employer EIN, etc.

Tif_

I'm still waiting for my 2022 refund that I filed in Feb of 2023. They said the same thing about my employer not reporting my income. I've worked for the same employer for the last 8 years and my coworkers got their refunds. Even if my employer was a fault, I only received two letters stating they needed 60 days to review. After 120 days I called in and my account was moved over to the Credit Team. I was told I should have received a letter, but they could see it was never sent out "for some reason". That's when I was finally told that it was due to my employer not reporting my taxes. I was told to upload my check stubs, so I did. I waited the 60 extra days they said I had to, then I called back. Guess what, "something" happened with their system and they didn't receive the documents. So I had to resend everything 2/28 of THIS YEAR, I called today and was told that while they received the documents they still need 60 days to review and send a letter for signature. If and it's a biiiggg IF.. If I receive the letter and send it back, I have to wait another 120day for them to send the refund. I've already received my 2023 refund while working for the same employer. They've dropped the ball 4 times, there's two letters I never received, 1 call from a supervisor that never happened, and documents that got "lost" when I uploaded them to the website. Why do I have to suffer and wait longer due to them not doing their job.