If you’ve ever looked at your W-2 form, you might have noticed Box 12 filled with a bunch of letters and numbers. It can be pretty confusing at first, but understanding what those codes mean is super ...

Throughout January, workers are getting W-2 tax forms from their employers. To help you decipher the often-obscure codes and numbers you'll find on your form, below we've provided a box-by-box ...

Notice any different about your form W-2? Take a look at Box 12. See anything that wasn't there last year? The value of health care coverage provided by your employer is now reported in Box 12 with ...

W-2 Wage and Tax Statements are out for 2013, and you may be wondering what all those numbers really mean. Let's see if I can help. (Click on the image to make it bigger.) First, the lettered blocks: ...

Chances are that when you get your paycheck, you don’t look closely at anything beyond the net pay—the amount deposited into your account. But your Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement? That’s a different ...

Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor and educator with over 35 years of diverse financial management experience. He is an expert on personal finance, corporate finance ...