What if my employer didn’t take federal income tax withholding from my paychecks throughout 2024 year?

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January 15, 2025
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On my W2 box #2 is blank what can I do?

Best answer by rjs

All you can do at this point is enter your W-2 as it is, with box 2 empty, and see what happens. It's too late to have any tax withheld for 2024.

If you end up owing a large payment on your 2024 tax return, you should give your employer a new W-4 for 2025. You can use the Tax Withholding Estimator on the IRS web site to figure out what to put on your W-4 form to get the approximate refund amount that you want.

DoninGA

Employee

You may be alright. What is the amount in box 1 and what is your filing status, ie Single, Married Filing Jointly, Married Filing Separately, etc.?

rjsAnswer

Employee

All you can do at this point is enter your W-2 as it is, with box 2 empty, and see what happens. It's too late to have any tax withheld for 2024.

Opus 17

Employee

There is nothing to do, you had no tax withheld.

If you owe tax, then either your W-4 was filled out incorrectly or your employer processed it incorrectly. You should fill out a new one, use the IRS calculator to get an idea of what you should claim.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/tax-withholding-estimator

If you owe tax and a penalty, pay the tax but wait for the IRS to bill you for the penalty. You can apply for a waiver/penalty relief at that time (for example, because this was your first time, or because your employer handled your W-4 wrong and you didn't notice.)

But you may not owe tax, depending on your income and family size. We would need to know more.