Tell your friend to NOT pay any money to the former employer.

He can claim the wages they paid him on his income tax
return by using the Year-To-Date (YTD) information on the
last check or pay stub he received to fill out Form 4852,
Substitute for Form W-2, available at
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/lists/0,,id=97817,00.html.

Simply fill out the form and attach it to his tax return.

Rudy
www.LizcanoTaxServicesLLC.com

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manasi_lele[at]hotmail.com (Manasi) posted:

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Your friend has taken the right steps to this point. If he
has pay stubs, he may be able to "reconstruct" his earnings
as they should have been reported. Lacking this info, he
should do his best to _estimate_ total earned, and report it
as part of a timely filing of his return.

Assuming IRS is successful, and he receives the overdue W-2,
he can file an amendment 1040X.

There is a FAQ at www.irs.gov, which offers further specific
suggestions on this matter, and you might want to read that.
Try entering "W-2 not received" in the search option. One
of the listed responses deals with this matter.

Bill

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My friend was an H1 employee for a consulting company from Jan
to March '05, after which he transferred his H1 and is a full
time employee with a large company now.

His previous employer now refuses to issue a W2 to him and asks
for $2000 in order to get it.

He reported to the IRS and they would be sending a certified
letter to the employer requesting the W2. If they fail to
issue it, they would have to pay a fine of $50.

How can he pay taxes without W2? Also, will he have to file
them on his gross income during that period?

Please help!
Manasi.

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