<p class="p1"><strong>Who do we call to report an employer for not giving out W-2s?</strong></p><p class="p2">The Informer answered a similar question last tax season. What it wrote in response:</p><p class="p2">The Internal Revenue Service requires employers to distribute W-2 forms to employees no later than Jan. 31.</p><p class="p2">If you still haven’t gotten your wage statement — or if it contains errors — talk to your employer. If you still don’t have it by the end of February, call the IRS at 800-829-1040.</p><p class="p2">The agency says you should have the following information with you when you call:</p><p class="p3">Your name and full address, along with your telephone number and your Social Security number.</p><p class="p3">The name of your employer, along with your employer’s full address and telephone number.</p><p class="p3">The employer identification number, or EIN, for the business you work for.</p><p class="p2">The IRS will contact your employer to request a W-2, and it will send you a substitute you can use instead of the W-2 — it’s called Form 4852 — along with a set of instructions.</p><p class="p5">For more info visit, <a href="http://www.irs.gov." target="_blank">www.irs.gov.</a></p><p class="p6"> </p><p class="p7"><strong>Coverings expression of believers’ modesty</strong></p><p class="p1"><strong>Why do some religions require men to wear caps?</strong></p><p class="p2">Religious dictates on headwear — hats, caps, scarves, bonnets, veils — generally relate to beliefs about modesty; act as visible signs of respect for the divine; and reflect the premium a faith places on proper behavior and demeanor.</p><p class="p2">“In Judaism and Christianity, the concept of covering the head was associated with propriety and can be witnessed in depictions of Mary the mother of Christ. Head covering was a common practice with Church-going women until the 1960s,” reads a fact sheet produced by the University of Illinois’ Center for South Asian &amp; Middle Eastern Studies.</p><p class="p2">“A number of very traditional churches retain the custom even to this day. In Mormonism, women wear a veil as part of ritual temple clothing. This veil, along with the entire temple ritual clothing, is worn only inside the temple.”</p><p class="p2">More from the sheet:</p><p class="p8">“A variety of headdresses are also worn by Muslim women in accordance with the Islamic principle of dressing modestly. Many of these garments cover the hair, ears and throat, but do not cover the face … . The niqab and burqa are two kinds of veils that cover most of the face except for a slit or hole for the eyes. The Afghan burqa … covers the entire body.</p><p class="p8">“Amish women and girls wear a ‘prayer covering’ most or all of the time, although for housework or other chores they may replace it with a kerchief in order not to damage the covering. Unmarried girls wear a black head covering to church from the time they are teenagers. Married women wear white head coverings in general."</p><p class="p5">For more info visit, <a href="http://www.csames.illinois.edu." target="_blank">www.csames.illinois.edu.</a></p><p class="p4">l</p><p class="p9">The Informer answers questions from readers each Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. It is researched and written by <strong>Andrew Perzo</strong>, an <em>American Press</em> staff writer. To ask a question, call 494-4098 and leave voice mail, or email informer@americanpress.com.</p>