Finance & markets · 20/09/2017Updated: 10/17/2026 · 1 min read

IRS Proposes Truncating Social Security Numbers on W-2 Forms to Combat Identity Theft

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed amendments to regulations under sections 6051 and 6052 of the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers to voluntarily truncate employees' social security numbers on copies of Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, furnished to employees, in the form of IRS truncated taxpayer identification numbers (TTINs).