Ugh, it is February first, we are one-twelfth of the way through 2011, why can’t 2010 just end already???!?!?
Here is something aggravating… let’s say that you’re a client of my employer and one of your employees has an incorrect W-2 (yes, it is that time of year so I’m going to talk about W-2s!!!). It might be the employee’s fault, it might be the employer’s fault, it might be my fault.
Regardless of this, I am unable to give an ETA on when the client might expect an updated W-2. Because I don’t know the answer, although I fervently hope it’ll be “before Valentine’s Day”. And if the problem wasn’t caused by my employer, the client is going to pay through the nose for the correction. Seriously. If the issue is an incorrect Social Security # and the employee worked in all four quarters, the cost to fix the W-2 and taxes is about $450.
(Yes really).
(And no, I don’t get a commission).