What Warp Handles for your business
As the year is coming to a close, rest assured, Warp helps to handle your businesses end of year filings.
We handle:
W-2 forms for all your employees
1099 forms for all your US contractors
All year-end and Q4 tax filings - Federal and State
Important Dates
January 1st: Happy New Year! Warp and Federal holiday, not a Payday
January 2nd: First Payday of 2025, kickoff of Year End filing period
January 17th: Sweep of all companies that were not eligible for filing in our initial review. We will now file for these companies if their funding failures have been resolved.
January 20th: W-2s and 1099s become available electronically on all admin and employee/contractor accounts.
January 30th: Second sweep of all companies that were not eligible for filing in our last review. We will now file for any remaining companies that resolved their funding failures. Note, any companies with outstanding funding failures at this point will not have filing completed for them
January 31st: Last day to distribute W-2s to employees to remain compliant. This is also the final day of Year End filing 🎉
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Year End Filing?
What is Year End Filing?
Year End filing happens each January when payroll providers prepare and submit all the tax paperwork for the previous year. This includes:
For employers:
Final quarterly tax returns (Form 941)
Annual unemployment returns (Form 940)
State-level tax and unemployment returns
Processing any remaining tax payments
For workers:
W-2s for employees showing their wages and tax withholdings
1099s for contractors showing their total payments
This process ensures businesses stay compliant with tax laws and provides workers with the documents they need for their personal tax returns.
Q4: When do W-2s/1099s need to be distributed to workers?
Q4: When do W-2s/1099s need to be distributed to workers?
W-2s and 1099s must be postmarked by January 31st. Electronic copies must also be available on or before that date.