When john received his w2, he received several copies. why was he sent multiple copies of this form?

Because John has to file the copies of his W-2 to different institutions

One copy of the w-2 would be used for filing tax returns, one copy of the w-2 should be sent to the federal, state, and the local government for their record, and one copy of the w-2 should be kept by yourself in case you want to propose a tax return in the future.

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AbsorbingMan AbsorbingMan · Answer 2 · 2019-11-01T13:09:10+01:00

Explanation:

John's employer sends John several copies of the form W-2 so hat he can for each tax return.

One of the copy of the form that John had filled will be kept by the employer in order to keep record. One copy will be send to authorized tax department for the tax return. While John will keep one copy of the W-2 form with himself for his record for future purpose.

Thus John was sent multiple copies of the W-2 form form his employer.