IRS Removes Automatic W2 Extensions

The Internal Revenue Service has issued final and temporary regulations removing the automatic 30-day extension of time to file information returns on forms in the W-2 series, with the exception of Form W-2G, in an effort to combat tax-related identity theft, starting in 2017, according to an article in Accounting Today by Michael Cohn.

They are doing this to fight identity theft.

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