IRS Shortens Employee Social Security Numbers
July 17, 2019
In an effort to reduce identity theft, the IRS has released final regulations that allow employers to shorten employee social security numbers on Forms W-2 effective December 31, 2020.
Employers are not required to truncate the numbers; however, full taxpayer identification numbers are mandatory on all Form W-2 copies “filed with the Social Security Administration, and on those of payers of third-party sick pay to employers”.
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The information included in this blog post originally appeared in an article from JD Supra on July 8, 2019 written by Charles (Chuck) Rubin.
