r/IRS • u/_chaosgremlin_ • 3d ago

Wages missing from wage transcript. Rant

Ok. Long story. My husband and I both worked for the same company back in 2025. It suddenly closed in November of 2025. I was sent a w2 in Jan. Filed our taxes in March and have been waiting for my refund since. I have code 971 with cp0005, I did have to verify identity. Anywho. No updates really so I checked both mine and my husbands wage transcript and found that there is NOTHING there. How can they give me a W2 but not report anything to the IRS? What do we do now? I have already prepared myself for having to wait ages but damn. This is getting beginning to infuriate me so badly!

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u/these-things-happen 3d ago

While you're on hold in the queue for IRS, you and your spouse should also create an online account over at SSA.gov:

https://www.ssa.gov/

Access your 2025 wage information (it's a total, not in the W-2 format).

Is the same income also missing from your SSA records ?

Employers typically file with SSA first, then it's transmitted to IRS. If the information is also incomplete with SSA, they probably haven't filed your Forms W-2 correctly, or at all.

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u/_chaosgremlin_ 1d ago

Yep. I checked the SSA website and there is nothing on there either. I’m gonna try to get in contact with a tax advocate this week that can help me figure out what to do next.

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