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The Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement skill extracts data from Forms W-2, annually completed by U.S. employers and provided to their employees and the IRS. The form contains personal information of the employee, his/her annual salary, and the amount of taxes withheld. The Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement skill extracts data from official IRS Forms W-2, but also W-2 statements created using 3rd party software applications. The Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement skill is a production skill. It has been fully trained on a large document set and provides high accuracy of data identification and extraction. The skill is ready to be used in production and does not require further training on your specific documents. Accuracy and straight-through processing (STP) rates can be further optimized in production through continuous learning from human-in-the-loop feedback. This skill recognizes handwritten text. The option is enabled by default. If you do not import handwritten forms, disable the Handwritten option in the skill settings.

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Extracted Fields

Form Information

FieldDescription
YearThe filing year.

Employee and Employer Identification

FieldDescription
Box a: Employee’s social security numberThe employee’s social security number.
Box b: Employer Identification Number (EIN)The employer’s details.
Box c: Employer’s nameThe employer’s details.
Box c: Address, and ZIP codeThe employer’s details.
Box d: Control numberThe employer’s details.
Box e: Employee’s first name and initial, last nameThe employee’s personal details.
Box f: Employee’s address and ZIP codeThe employee’s personal details.

Wages and Tax Information

FieldDescription
Box 1: Wages, tips, other compensationThe amounts paid and withheld.
Box 2: Federal income tax withheldThe amounts paid and withheld.
Box 3: Social security wagesThe amounts paid and withheld.
Box 4: Social security tax withheldThe amounts paid and withheld.
Box 5: Medicare wages and tipsThe amounts paid and withheld.
Box 6: Medicare tax withheldThe amounts paid and withheld.
Box 7: Social security tipsThe amounts paid and withheld.
Box 8: Allocated tipsThe amounts paid and withheld.
Box 10: Dependent care benefitsThe amounts paid and withheld.
Box 11: Nonqualified plansThe amounts paid and withheld.

Additional Compensation (Box 12)

FieldDescription
Box 12a - single or double letter codeThe amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee.
Box 12a - dollar amountThe amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee.
Box 12b - single or double letter codeThe amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee.
Box 12b - dollar amountThe amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee.
Box 12c - single or double letter codeThe amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee.
Box 12c - dollar amountThe amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee.
Box 12d - single or double letter codeThe amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee.
Box 12d - dollar amountThe amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee.

Employee Status and Other Information

FieldDescription
Box 13: Statutory employeeIndicates whether the employee works full-time or part-time.
Box 13: Retirement planIndicates whether the employee participates in a pension or retirement plan.
Box 13: Third-party sick payIndicates whether the employer is a third-party sick pay payer or reports sick pay payments made by a third party.
Box 14: OtherAdditional information.

State and Local Tax Information (Repeating Group)

FieldDescription
Box 15: StateTaxes withheld.
Box 15: Employer’s state ID numberTaxes withheld.
Box 16: State wages, tips, etc.Taxes withheld.
Box 17: State income taxTaxes withheld.
Box 18: Local wages, tips, etc.Taxes withheld.
Box 19: Local income taxTaxes withheld.
Box 20: Locality nameTaxes withheld.

Key Fields

  • Box a: Employee’s social security number
  • Box b: Employer identification number (EIN)
  • Box c: Employer’s name
  • Box e: Employee’s name
  • Box 1: Wages, tips, other compensation