Box 9 Verification Code

Human Resources > Year-End Processing > W-2 Processing > Employee

On the Box1-11, 13 tab of the W-2 Employee page, a Box 9 Verification Code field replaces the Box 9 Advance EIC Payments field.

This 16-character code verifies the authenticity of the W-2 data taxpayers submit on e-filed returns. As part of a pilot program implemented to combat tax-realted identity theft and refund fraud, the IRS has partnered with certain vendors to include this verification code on many employee W-2 forms; new world ERP, however, is not a selected vendor and will not be filling in the Box 9 Verification Code field.

The verification code will not appear on the W-2 Register, but if the field is filled in, it will appear on the W-2 form.