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# Form W-2 - Document Skill

> Extract data from IRS Form W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement): annual employee earnings, taxes withheld, and employer information for IRS and third-party W-2s.

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.

## Countries and Languages

| Countries | Languages |
| :-------- | :-------- |
| USA       | English   |

## Extracted Fields

### Form Information

| Field | Description      |
| :---- | :--------------- |
| Year  | The filing year. |

### Employee and Employer Identification

| Field                                               | Description                            |
| :-------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------- |
| Box a: Employee's social security number            | The employee's social security number. |
| Box b: Employer Identification Number (EIN)         | The employer's details.                |
| Box c: Employer's name                              | The employer's details.                |
| Box c: Address, and ZIP code                        | The employer's details.                |
| Box d: Control number                               | The employer's details.                |
| Box e: Employee's first name and initial, last name | The employee's personal details.       |
| Box f: Employee's address and ZIP code              | The employee's personal details.       |

### Wages and Tax Information

| Field                                  | Description                    |
| :------------------------------------- | :----------------------------- |
| Box 1: Wages, tips, other compensation | The amounts paid and withheld. |
| Box 2: Federal income tax withheld     | The amounts paid and withheld. |
| Box 3: Social security wages           | The amounts paid and withheld. |
| Box 4: Social security tax withheld    | The amounts paid and withheld. |
| Box 5: Medicare wages and tips         | The amounts paid and withheld. |
| Box 6: Medicare tax withheld           | The amounts paid and withheld. |
| Box 7: Social security tips            | The amounts paid and withheld. |
| Box 8: Allocated tips                  | The amounts paid and withheld. |
| Box 10: Dependent care benefits        | The amounts paid and withheld. |
| Box 11: Nonqualified plans             | The amounts paid and withheld. |

### Additional Compensation (Box 12)

| Field                                  | Description                                                   |
| :------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Box 12a - single or double letter code | The amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee. |
| Box 12a - dollar amount                | The amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee. |
| Box 12b - single or double letter code | The amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee. |
| Box 12b - dollar amount                | The amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee. |
| Box 12c - single or double letter code | The amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee. |
| Box 12c - dollar amount                | The amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee. |
| Box 12d - single or double letter code | The amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee. |
| Box 12d - dollar amount                | The amount of compensation and benefits paid to the employee. |

### Employee Status and Other Information

| Field                        | Description                                                                                                        |
| :--------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Box 13: Statutory employee   | Indicates whether the employee works full-time or part-time.                                                       |
| Box 13: Retirement plan      | Indicates whether the employee participates in a pension or retirement plan.                                       |
| Box 13: Third-party sick pay | Indicates whether the employer is a third-party sick pay payer or reports sick pay payments made by a third party. |
| Box 14: Other                | Additional information.                                                                                            |

### State and Local Tax Information (Repeating Group)

| Field                              | Description     |
| :--------------------------------- | :-------------- |
| Box 15: State                      | Taxes withheld. |
| Box 15: Employer's state ID number | Taxes withheld. |
| Box 16: State wages, tips, etc.    | Taxes withheld. |
| Box 17: State income tax           | Taxes withheld. |
| Box 18: Local wages, tips, etc.    | Taxes withheld. |
| Box 19: Local income tax           | Taxes withheld. |
| Box 20: Locality name              | Taxes 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