Information Collection

Wage and Tax Statements W-2/W-3 series

IC 16730 under ICR 202002-1545-002 · OMB 1545-0008.

⚠️ Notice: This information collection may be referencing outdated material. More recent filings for OMB 1545-0008 can be found here:

2023-07-31 - Extension without change of a currently approved collection

Documents and Forms

Documents and forms in this information collection
Document Name	Document Type
Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statements W-2/W-3 series	Form
iw2w3.pdf	Instruction
iw2w3PR.pdf	Instruction
W-2 Wage and Tax Statement fw-2--2020-00-00.pdf	Form
W-2C Corrected Wage and Tax Statement fw-2_c--2014-08-00.pdf	Form
W-2AS American Samoa Wage and Tax Statement fw-2_as--2020-00-00.pdf	Form
W-2GU Guam Wage and Tax Statement fw-2_gu--2020-00-00.pdf	Form
W-2VI U.S. Virgin Islands Wage and Tax Statement fw-2_vi--2020-00-00.pdf	Form
W-3 Transmittal of Income and Tax Statements fw-3--2020-00-00.pdf	Form
W-3C Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statements fw-3_c--2015-11-00.pdf	Form
W-3CPR Transmision de Comprobantes de Retencion Corregidos fw3cpr.pdf	Form and Instruction
W-3PR Informe de Comprobantes de Retencion Transmittal of With fw3pr.pdf	Form
W-3SS Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements fw-3_ss--2020-00-00.pdf	Form
2016 combined burden sheets(w-2w-3).pdf combinded burden sheets	IC Document

Information Collection (IC) Details

View Information Collection (IC)

IC Title:

Wage and Tax Statements W-2/W-3 series

Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No

IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory

CFR Citation: 26 CFR 31.6051-1 26 CFR 31.608(a)-19(a)(3) 26 CFR 31.3231(e)-(2)(e)(2) 26 CFR 31.6052-2 26 CFR 31.3402(o)-3(h)(3)(i) 26 CFR 31.6051-1(a) (b)(c)(d)(f)(g) 26 CFR 31.6041-2 26 CFR 31.6051-2(a), (b), (c) 26 CFR 31.6081(a)-1(a)(3) 26 CFR 31.3121(a)(2)-2(e) 26 CFR 1.6011-1 26 CFR 31.6053-2 26 CFR 31.3402(o)-3(h)(3)(r) 26 CFR 31.6052-1 26 CFR 31.9101-1 26 CFR 31.6051-3(a)(b)(e) 26 CFR 1.117-6(e) 26 CFR 1.117-6(d)(4)

Information Collection Instruments:

table that charts list of instruments
Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	W-2	Wage and Tax Statement	fw-2--2020-00-00.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-2C	Corrected Wage and Tax Statement	fw-2_c--2014-08-00.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-2AS	American Samoa Wage and Tax Statement	fw-2_as--2020-00-00.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-2GU	Guam Wage and Tax Statement	fw-2_gu--2020-00-00.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-2VI	U.S. Virgin Islands Wage and Tax Statement	fw-2_vi--2020-00-00.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-3	Transmittal of Income and Tax Statements	fw-3--2020-00-00.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-3C	Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statements	fw-3_c--2015-11-00.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form and Instruction	W-3CPR	Transmision de Comprobantes de Retencion Corregidos	fw3cpr.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-3PR	Informe de Comprobantes de Retencion Transmittal of Withholding Statements	fw3pr.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-3SS	Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements	fw-3_ss--2020-00-00.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			iw2w3.pdf	Yes	Yes	Printable Only
Instruction			iw2w3PR.pdf	Yes	Yes	Printable Only

Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Module

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records

Title: Treasury/IRS 24.046â Business Master File (BMF)

FR Citation: 84 FR 64410

Number of Respondents: 254,230,608

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector

Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 85 %

table that charts list of burden
	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	254,230,608	0	254,230,608
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	126,988,903	126,988,902	1
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Documents for IC

table that charts IC Documents
Title	Document	Date Uploaded
combinded burden sheets	2016 combined burden sheets(w-2w-3).pdf	11/29/2016

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.