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wyattjax1
June 5, 2019
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It's saying my control number needs to be 2 numbers but on my w2 it only has one. What do I do

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It's saying my control number needs 2 numbers but on my w2 it only has 1.  What do I do ?

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AndreaC1
Employee
June 5, 2019

You can either skip that section and leave it blank. Or if you are receiving an error, just put in any combination of numbers in this specific format 5 digits, space, 5 digits (for example, 12345 67890). 

That is just a number that the payroll team uses to identify your W-2 for their system purposes.This is not something the IRS needs, so as long as you input something in this format, you can proceed. 

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