Who answers W-2 Form questions?
- For wages and tax questions contact the EIS/Payroll Office via e-mail Employee.Information.Services.@Dartmouth.edu
or phone 646-2697.
- For questions regarding dependent care, retirement contributions or cost of
group term life insurance, contact the Benefits Office at 646-3588.
When are W-2 Form's mailed out?
- W-2 Forms are mailed out by no later than January 31 of each year by the
EIS/Payroll Office.
W-2 Information:
- Your 2007 Form W-2, to be used in the preparation of your 2007 Federal and
State Income tax returns, will be mailed/distributed by January
31, 2008 as per legal requirement by the IRS. If you have not
received your W-2 by Friday, February 8, 2008, please contact our office.
As a reminder, the College reports this same information to the Internal
Revenue Service and to your state of residence if state income taxes have been
withheld. To assist you in understanding your 2007 Form W-2, please review the
following information. Most questions that you will have can be answered
by reading the information below.
W-2 FAQ:
The most frequently asked question payroll receives from employees is the
following:
Q. Why is some of the information on my last pay stub in 2007 different than
what is on my 2007 Form W-2?
A. The difference usually is because some deductions, such as your portion
of flex benefit payment, your contribution to the defined contribution
retirement plans, and your deposits to health care or childcare reimbursement
accounts reduce the amounts of taxable income reported on your Form W-2 and to
the IRS; these are often referred to as “pre-tax deduction.
How Calculate Taxable Wages:
- Using your last pay stub for 2007 (this would be your last stub with a
check date for 2007); you can calculate the taxable wages that should appear on
your 2007 Form W-2. To determine Federal taxable wages (Box 1) on your Form
W-2, find the total for Year to Date (YTD) Earnings on your final pay stub;
also find the total YTD Pre-tax deductions on your final pay stub . From your
YTD Earnings, subtract the total YTD Pre-tax deductions. In some cases, if you
have an amount in Box 12C or Box 12T these amounts must be added in as
wages. The final result should equal the amount that appears
in Box 1 of the W-2.
- For informational purposes only, other boxes that may contain dollar
amounts on your W-2 are:
- Box 7 – Social Security Tips
- Box 9 - Earned Income Credit
- Box 10 – Dependent Care
- Box 12C – Imputed Income for Life Insurance
- Box 12E – Contributions to Retirement Accounts
- Box 12T – Adoption Reimbursement
- If you still have questions regarding your 2007 Form W-2, please e-mail the
payroll office at Employee.Information.Services@Dartmouth.edu.
We will begin to reissue Forms W-2 not received by employees due to invalid
addresses on February 8, 2008.
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