Q: I worked for an employer for two days and did not fill out any tax paperwork. Got W2 with wrong info.
I worked for an employer for two days and did not fill out any tax paperwork. I have now received a W2 with my name misspelled and SSN incorrect. I believe this employer forged my tax paperwork.
A:
The question to ask is: did I work for 2 days as my own boss, or did I go through the interview process and then was hired, as an employee? Your question didn't provide many clues. 2 days is a very short time for an "employee" to work and then quit. It's a very short time to be an "employee" unless you did something which gave the company the right to fire you? This doesn't seem logical however. If that were the case, most "fired" employees are not too worried about the W-2 they receive, and if the name or SS# were mistaken, a "fired" employee would probably call HR and simply let them know their mistake and wait for the correct W-2 to be remailed to you. So, I am guessing that you were a construction worker and either quit, got fired or laid off after 2 days? Either scenario however, my advice is NOT to accuse this company of fraud, but to simply call them up and give them your correct name and SS#.
Good luck to you!
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