<p>I, a 17 year old (16 during both of my jobs in 2009) worked in 2009--well I guess I already told you in the parentheses lol.</p>
<p>Anyways, I do recall filling out W-2 forms for both of them; the problem is, I was never given copies of my own W-2 forms.</p>
<p>Now colleges want them, and I will have a very difficult time procuring them because:</p>
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<li><p>W-2's from the first job, a government run summer youth program, is no longer active. They dont even have an office for me to call anymore. They are only open from May->August.</p></li>
<li><p>W-2's from my 2nd job, Michael Bloomberg NYC Mayoral Campaign 2009, is also no longer active. He(or more specifically, his campaign team) hired an independent contractor named "Election Systems Inc." to handle affairs. Naturally, I--along with every other employee--was terminated the day after Election Day in NYC.</p></li>
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<p>If you were an employee earning a salary…your employer should have sent you a W-2 form indicating what your earnings were and what taxes and other withholdings (if any) were taken out of your pay. The w-2 is for the full 2009 tax year for each job.</p>
<p>YOU don’t fill out the W-2 when you take a job. YOU fill out a W-4 form. This is what your employers use to determine your tax withholdings. You don’t send THAT…you send the W-2 that you use to file your income tax forms.</p>
<p>Were these JOBS with earned income? If so, you should have received a w-2 form from each employer.</p>
<p>Both jobs were required to send you a W-2 by January 31. What address did you give them? You need them to file a return, if only to get a refund if any taxes were withheld.</p>
<p>One year I didn’t have a 1099 that the college was requesting a copy of. I just typed up the information on a sheet of paper. I sent that with my other IDOC forms. I didn’t hear any objections from them about that. Of course, it was for a very small amount of money… maybe that’s why.</p>
<p>Do you have your paycheck stubs? If they were cumulative stubs, the final paycheck should show total comensation and anything that was deducted. A copy of the final paycheck and a note that you never received a 1099 or a W2 should work also to verify.</p>