Payroll Get Ready — Employers Face New January 31st Filing Deadline for W-2 and 1099-MISC Forms

By Jeffrey Holdvogt and Ruth Wimer on November 10, 2016

Beginning with W-2 forms filed with respect to 2016 wages, a new law requires employers to file the government copy by January 31, 2017, for both paper and electronic copies. The accelerated deadline also applies to 1099-MISC forms for independent contractors.

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Tags: 1099-MISC forms, Application for Extension of Time to File Information Returns, independent contractors, IR-2016-143, Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act, tax return fraud, tax return legitimacy, W-2 forms

Jeffrey Holdvogt
Jeffrey (Jeff) M. Holdvogt regularly counsels public and privately held companies and tax-exempt organizations on a wide range of employee benefits matters. These include the design and administration of complex pension, 401(k) and 403(b) plans, nonqualified and executive deferred compensation arrangements, fiduciary and plan investment issues under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), internal compliance reviews and voluntary correction filings, and benefit plan matters arising from mergers and acquisitions, as well as other ongoing day-to-day retirement and executive compensation issues. Read Jeff Holdvogt's full bio.

Ruth Wimer

Payroll Get Ready — Employers Face New January 31st Filing Deadline for W-2 and 1099-MISC Forms

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