Amend 2010 Return and Add a New W2 to It
Yesterday, my wife received a W2 in the mail from her employer for the little work she did in 2010. Looks like the employer forgot to send her the W2 in 2010 and for some reason now realized it.
She made 00 in 2010 doing some part time work.
What should I do in this scenario since 2010 was 6 years ago? I used Turbo Tax to file all my returns and I cannot ammend 2010 return. Any suggestions?
UPDATE: Okay I got some more information from the employer. The employer said that he used the ADP service in 2010 and he is not sure if ADP submitted the W2 to IRS or not in 2010. I also asked the employer that if he is going to submit W2 to IRS right now in 2016. The employer told me the filing he is sending goes to Social Security Administration and he DOES NOT send anything to IRS.
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You don't have to amend, as long as the original return was correct and complete to the best of your (then) knowledge.
The statute of limitations for the 2010 tax year expired 3 years after filing your return, so if you filed on time by April 15th, 2011 - the statute expired on April 15th 2014. The IRS can't come after you now for the missing taxes unless they proved you knowingly under-reported (=fraud, statute of limitations doesn't apply at all), or you under-reported 25% or more of the income or 00 or more (=statute of limitations is 6 years for this case, expiring April 15th 2017). Unless your total MFJ AGI for 2010 was 00 or less, you're OK.
You can amend, though. That would be the right thing to do. You can do it manually on a PDF form 1040X.
Keep in mind that your State may have different statute of limitations rules.
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