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February 25, 2019
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How do I reprint one w2?

  • February 25, 2019
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I had an employee lose her w-2. How do I reprint her a new one?

Best answer by KhimG

Good day, @Jackie8.

 

Thank you for coming to the Community for help. I’m here to help you re-print a copy of your employee’s W2 in QuickBooks Desktop. 

 

You can pull up the W-2 and print a copy of it by following the steps below:
1.    Go to the Employees menu.
2.    Select Payroll Tax Forms and W-2s, then choose Process Payroll Forms.
3.    Under the File Forms tab, choose the Annual Form W-2/W-3 – Wage and Tax Statement Transmittal and click the Create Form button.
4.    In the File Form window, select the employee’s name and the filing period.
5.    Click Submit Form to continue printing.
6.    Hit the Print/E-file to open the Print W-2 and W-3 Forms window.
7.    Print the Form.

 

Here’s an article for your reference: Print W-2 and W-3 forms .

 

You can also make the W-2s available to your employees in QuickBooks Workforce. You just have to select the option Provide employees with secure online access to their W-2 forms on Intuit’s free QuickBooks Workforce site after processing the form in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll.

 

Your employees will receive an email invite, and they can follow the steps below to access workforce:

1.    Click the link in the notification email from employer: https://paychecks.intuit.com/?source=qbw2email.
2.    Choose Sign Up and answer the security questions when prompted.
3.    Follow the onscreen instructions to create an Intuit account, then sign in.
4.    View and print your W-2.

 

For more information, you may refer to this article: Access W-2s in the Workforce.

 

That should get you pointed in the right direction. Let me know if you have questions, I’ll be here to answer them for you. Thanks for dropping by and take care!

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KhimGAnswer
February 25, 2019

Good day, @Jackie8.

 

Thank you for coming to the Community for help. I’m here to help you re-print a copy of your employee’s W2 in QuickBooks Desktop. 

 

You can pull up the W-2 and print a copy of it by following the steps below:
1.    Go to the Employees menu.
2.    Select Payroll Tax Forms and W-2s, then choose Process Payroll Forms.
3.    Under the File Forms tab, choose the Annual Form W-2/W-3 – Wage and Tax Statement Transmittal and click the Create Form button.
4.    In the File Form window, select the employee’s name and the filing period.
5.    Click Submit Form to continue printing.
6.    Hit the Print/E-file to open the Print W-2 and W-3 Forms window.
7.    Print the Form.

 

Here’s an article for your reference: Print W-2 and W-3 forms .

 

You can also make the W-2s available to your employees in QuickBooks Workforce. You just have to select the option Provide employees with secure online access to their W-2 forms on Intuit’s free QuickBooks Workforce site after processing the form in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll.

 

Your employees will receive an email invite, and they can follow the steps below to access workforce:

1.    Click the link in the notification email from employer: https://paychecks.intuit.com/?source=qbw2email.
2.    Choose Sign Up and answer the security questions when prompted.
3.    Follow the onscreen instructions to create an Intuit account, then sign in.
4.    View and print your W-2.

 

For more information, you may refer to this article: Access W-2s in the Workforce.

 

That should get you pointed in the right direction. Let me know if you have questions, I’ll be here to answer them for you. Thanks for dropping by and take care!

Jackie8Author
February 27, 2019

Thank You, this worked!

Kristine Mae
February 27, 2019

Hi, Jackie8.

 

We're glad it all worked out for you. Don't hesitate to post in the Community if you have other concerns. Have a good one! 

January 3, 2024

I followed these steps, but it warns me that it won't print correctly because QB can only handle one year's form at a time and while it will produce the 2022 W-2, it will actually *say* 2023 on it. Is there no way to print a prior year W-2 correctly? This seems like a HUGE miss.

 

I understand this thread is a couple years old, and transitioned to being about QBO - any chance modern instructions exist to show how to reprint a prior year W-2 in QB Desktop?

January 3, 2024

I appreciate you joining in the thread, @pflugerville85.

 

I'll ensure you can print your prior year's W-2 forms.

 

W-2 forms were saved in QuickBooks Desktop after the filing process. To print these forms, you can proceed to these steps:

 

  1. Go to the Employees menu.
  2. Choose Payroll Tax Forms & W-2s and Process Payroll Forms.
  3. Head to the Filing History section from the File Forms tab.
  4. Locate the W-2 from the prior year.
  5. Click on the link under the Saved PDF column to access and print the form.

 

On the other hand, the process you've been following is to print forms for the recent year, which you can only print the form for the year 2023. For more information, visit this page: Print your W-2 and W-3 forms.

 

Moreover, you can utilize this material once you want to submit your W-2 and W-3 forms to Federal and state agencies within the program: File your W-2 and W-3 forms.

 

I can always lend a hand if you need further assistance printing your W-2 forms or other related concerns in QuickBooks Desktop. Just don't hesitate to add a comment in this thread.

January 3, 2024

It appears that someone followed the original instructions last year, which a) created the same problem @MG63 and possibly @DCarpenter1 reported, and b) makes these recent instructions moot. Also, the saved versions are only Copy A - can we not reprint the employee's versions? (I understand they will be able to complete their taxes using Copy A; I just don't see why it's not possible to print the correctly-labeled versions.)

 

It's a problem that Intuit personnel have provided community instructions that wipe out completed work. It's also a problem that we cannot complete a task as simple as reprinting a past year's W-2.