# Should I be getting a W-2 from 7-Eleven even though I only worked there 2 months? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 14, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657 "2023-04-14T06:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/1 "2023-04-14T06:46:15Z")
I worked for 7-Eleven for only about two months; it just seemed a lot longer because I was doing a daily journal. Should I be expecting a W-2 from them so I can do my taxes? I haven’t gotten one yet. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/2 "2023-04-14T06:59:02Z")
You definitely should have gotten one. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/3 "2023-04-14T13:08:25Z")
As @hajario says, you certainly should have. Expanding on that … Since you have not, you should know that every number you need for your tax return should have been included on your last paycheck _if_ the payroll company gave you a comprehensive paystub/pay report. Assuming you had no benefits like medical or 401K, all you really need to file your tax return is the TIN of your employer, your total gross wages paid and total withholding for income tax, SS tax, and Medicare tax. Which numbers ought to be on a report that came with each check, including your last. See here for more: > **[Here’s what taxpayers should do if they have missing or incorrect documents |...](https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/heres-what-taxpayers-should-do-if-they-have-missing-or-incorrect-documents)** > > IRS Tax Tip 2021-26, March 1, 2021 > > Taxpayers should double-check to make sure they have all their documents before filing a tax return. Of course if you were paid in cash or by a plain check written from the store’s business account, all bets are off. These _might_ indicate they have been stealing from you/the IRS by withholding your taxes from your pay but not sending the money to the IRS. That is a bad situation. But not uncommon at the murky bottom of small business behavior. Another unlikely possibility is that they never withheld or remitted taxes at all, and you check was for the full amount of your gross wages. If so, you still should report that income and pay tax on it. Noot trying to trigger your anxiety, but you need to be proactive getting with the manager / owner to get your W2 or at least to understand why you won’t ever get one. If you learn that they withheld the tax money from you but didn’t send it to the IRS, there is a process you can do with the IRS to deal with that. Come back here for further advice if that’s what you learn. Note that you can file a request for an automatic extension with the IRS so you have another 6 months to deal with all this. There is no need to panic that this problem _must_ be fixed by Tuesday. Not at all. See here for filing an extension. It’s real easy and approval is totally guaranteed: > **[Extension of Time To File Your Tax Return | Internal Revenue Service](https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/extension-of-time-to-file-your-tax-return)** > > What to do if you haven’t filed your tax return > > Need more time to prepare your federal tax return? This page provides information on how to apply for an extension of time to file. Please be aware that: ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/4 "2023-04-14T13:18:10Z")
> But if your employees have made at least $600 in the tax year, you’ll need to send them a W-2 by the January 31 deadline. Even if someone makes less than $600, that person must receive a W-2 if any income, Medicare or [Social Security](https://smartasset.com/retirement/social-security-calculator) taxes were withheld (taken out of their paychecks). [https://smartasset.com/taxes/how-to-fill-out-your-w-2-form](https://smartasset.com/taxes/how-to-fill-out-your-w-2-form) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/5 "2023-04-14T13:24:21Z")
Late add. If you come to believe your employer has been lying or cheating on you / the IRS, this seems like good advice: > **[My Employer Didn't Report My Wages to the IRS](https://pocketsense.com/employer-didnt-report-wages-irs-12042437.html)** > > My Employer Didn't Report My Wages to the IRS. A number of factors go into determining your yearly tax obligation to the U.S. government, including your wages earned. It’s your employer’s duty to report your wages, but if it doesn’t, this doesn’t... The sooner the IRS knows they’re the bad guy, not you, the better the eventual outcome. ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/6 "2023-04-14T18:04:17Z")
If your company uses a payroll service such as ADP your W2 should be available online through their website if you can log in there. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/7 "2023-04-14T18:20:20Z")
When you started there, in all the paperwork you signed, there may have been a release that said your W-2 will only be available online. One tax season I worked in a call center and we got literally hundreds of calls each day from employees (present and former) who were completely unaware that their employer wasn’t mailing their W-2 anymore. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/8 "2023-04-14T18:46:32Z")
Damn. That’s probably it. Silly me. Any company with semi-modern systems is going to default to online only access for all stuff that was traditionally snail-mailed. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/9 "2023-04-14T19:04:52Z")
It looks like 7-Elevens are (all? mostly?) independently operated so employment paperwork would come from that franchisee. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/10 "2023-04-14T19:18:57Z")
But certainly they use ADT or something similar for their payroll. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/11 "2023-04-14T20:00:09Z")
I just mentioned it in case OP overlooked a letter with an unfamiliar return address. > [@hajario](#): > > … they use ADT … That would be alarming. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/12 "2023-04-14T20:15:30Z")
I see what you did there. Well played! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/13 "2023-04-14T22:44:11Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > But certainly they use ADT or something similar for their payroll. I would think they do and it may be (not sure) that the W-2 is available via electronic means and not a paper copy. The OP could check with 7-Eleven HR and see if they can access their W2 via ADP’s website. Worth checking. My employer uses ADP and I know I can get docs electronically from them (although I did get a paper copy of my W-2 mailed to me too). ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/14 "2023-04-14T22:54:25Z")
Boooo. Lol ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/15 "2024-02-08T23:55:51Z")
Thats interesting. I worked two hours of training one day last Dec. For a store in the mall. I hadn’t gotten around to filling out my w2 form that they had e mailed me. I received a check from their business. Edited to add, sorry for bumping, it showed up in my feed looking like a recent thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-getting-a-w-2-from-7-eleven-even-though-i-only-worked-there-2-months/982657/16 "2024-02-09T17:46:40Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I worked two hours of training one day last Dec. For a store in the mall. I hadn’t gotten around to filling out my w2 form that they had e mailed me. I received a check from their business. I assume you meant W4, which instructs an employer how much tax to withhold. If you didn’t submit the W4, they probably don’t have your social security number and likely did not withhold income and payroll taxes. From the IRS regarding when an employer needs to file a W2: > **Who must file Form W-2.** > > You must file Form(s) W-2 if you have one or more employees to whom you made payments (including noncash payments) for the employees’ services in your trade or business during 2024. > > Complete and file Form W-2 for each employee for whom any of the following applies (even if the employee is related to you). > > - You withheld any income, social security, or Medicare tax from wages regardless of the amount of wages; or > - You would have had to withhold income tax if the employee had claimed no more than one withholding allowance (for 2019 or earlier Forms W-4) or had not claimed exemption from withholding on Form W-4; or > - You paid $600 or more in wages even if you did not withhold any income, social security, or Medicare tax. So I would guess that those two hours of pay were not reported to the IRS.