Lawrence University
2008 Form W-2
        Information for Faculty & Staff

Payroll will process and send via U.S. Mail your 2008 Form W-2 on Friday, January 23, 2009.

Your W-2 information will also be available on Voyager Friday, January 23, 2009.  In Voyager, click “Employee Menu, click “Tax Forms”, click “W-2 Year End Earnings statement”, select Tax Year and click “Display”

(Be advised the format of the paper W-2 form you receive differs from the W-2 displayed in Voyager, but the information is the same.)

Below are W-2 box descriptions that you may find helpful:

2008 Form W-2 Box Number & Brief Description

Box 1 – Federal taxable wages (not gross wages)

Box 2 – Federal Income tax withheld

Box 3 – Social Security wages

Box 4 – Social Security tax withheld

Box 5 – Medicare wages

Box 6 – Medicare tax withheld

Box 9 – Advance EIC payment (EIC=Earned Income Credit)

Box 10 – Dependant Care benefits (deducted from pay checks)

Boxes 12a-12d – See codes on reverse side of W-2

Box 14 – Other (LU displaying Flex Medical and United Way deductions)

Box 16 – State taxable wages (not gross wages)

Box 17 – State income tax withheld

Box 18 – Local taxable wages (n/a to LU for WI, IL or MN)

Box 19 – Local income tax withheld (n/a to LU for WI, IL or MN)

Box 20 – Locality name (n/a for LU for WI, IL or MN)

If you don’t receive your W-2 by Friday, February 13, 2009 please contact Payroll @ ext 6539 to have it reissued.  NO W-2’s will be reissued prior to February 13, 2009.