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1. According to the IRS, every employer engaged in a trade or business who pays remuneration, including noncash payments of $600 or more for the year (all amounts if any income, social security, or Medicare tax was withheld) for services performed by an employee must file a Form W-2 for each employee (even if the employee is related to the employer) from whom:
   1. Income, social security, or Medicare tax was withheld.
   2. Income tax would have been withheld if the employee had claimed no more than one withholding allowance or had not claimed exemption from withholding on Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate.
2. Requirements
   1. By January 31st of each calendar year, Rowan University is required to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the State of New Jersey the taxable wages and related compensation, income taxes withheld and certain deduction information for each individual employed by the University during the previous calendar year. Wages are always reported for the year in which they were paid.
   2. Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement will be mailed to each employee’s permanent home address recorded in the University Banner payroll system, prior to January 31st of each calendar year.  Forms W-2 are available electronically through the Self-Service Banner (SSB) portal on the Rowan website. Employees and students must complete a consent form in SSB to access electronic Forms W-2.
   3. It is the employee’s responsibility to notify his/her payroll clerk of any address change.
   4. Employees separating from the University have responsibility to notify the Payroll Office of his/her permanent mailing address.
3. Employees and students who do not receive a Form W-2 for wages earned in the previous calendar year by February 10, should:
   1. Contact the Rowan University Payroll Office at payrollservices@rowan.edu, to determine if the Form W-2 had been returned to the Payroll Office by the U. S. Postal Service.
   2. If the Form W-2 was not returned by the U.S. Postal Service, he/she may request a duplicate by completing a request for a duplicate Form W-2 and providing proof of identification via W2 request form.
4. To be incompliance in compliance with current regulations, the Payroll Director shall be responsible for ensuring wage and tax information is provided to employee, students and specific federal and state agencies on or before the following dates each year: 
   1. Employees and students by January 31
   2. IRS by March 31
   3. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by January 31
   4. State of New Jersey and the City of Philadelphia by February 28.

V. ATTACHMENTS

1. Attachment 1 - W-2 Electronic Consent Disclosure Statement

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