To extract data from W-2 forms, upload the PDF or scanned image to an AI extraction tool like Lido. It reads employer name, employee name, SSN, wages, federal and state withholdings, and box-by-box values with 99.9% accuracy, outputting structured data to Excel, CSV, or Google Sheets without per-form templates.
CPA firms, payroll processors, and HR departments handle hundreds or thousands of W-2s during tax season. Each form contains the same fields but arrives in different formats: employer-printed, ADP-generated, scanned from paper, or photographed. Extracting the data manually takes 2-3 minutes per form. At scale, that becomes a full-time job for weeks.
AI extraction handles any W-2 format on first upload. For the broader payroll document category, see best payroll data extraction software. For tax documents generally, see best OCR for tax document processing.
Key fields: Employer EIN and name, employee SSN and name, wages (Box 1), federal tax withheld (Box 2), Social Security wages and tax (Boxes 3-4), Medicare wages and tax (Boxes 5-6), state wages and withholdings (Boxes 15-17), and any additional codes in Box 12.
See also best payroll data extraction software, best OCR for tax documents, and employee benefit plan audits.
Yes. Lido handles scanned, photographed, and faxed W-2 forms with 99.9% accuracy through built-in OCR. This covers employer-printed W-2s, payroll provider outputs (ADP, Paychex, Gusto), and hand-completed forms.
All standard W-2 fields: employer EIN and name, employee SSN and name, wages (Box 1), federal withholding (Box 2), Social Security and Medicare wages and tax (Boxes 3-6), state wages and withholdings (Boxes 15-17), and Box 12 codes.
Lido starts at $29/month for 100 pages. Each W-2 is one page. For a CPA firm processing 500 W-2s during tax season, that's roughly $29-99/month vs. dozens of hours of manual data entry.
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