Former Target team members get their W-2s from paperlessemployee.com/target, not Workday. Workday access ends when your TEID is deactivated, usually within a few days of separation. Paperless Employee stays available to you permanently, so it’s the right place to start.
Here’s the fast version, then the details.
Quick reference
| What you need | Where to get it | Timing |
| Current-year W-2 (electronic) | paperlessemployee.com/target | Available mid-to-late January |
| Prior-year W-2s | paperlessemployee.com/target | Year-round access |
| Paper W-2 (mailed) | Automatic, to last address on file | Mailed by January 31 |
| Workday W-2 | Not available to former team members | TEID deactivated after separation |
| Help line | 1-800-394-1885 (Target HR) | Weekdays, expect long January waits |
| Alternate fallback | IRS Wage and Income Transcript | Available starting late May |
Why Paperless Employee, not Workday
Target uses Workday as its main HR system for active team members. When you’re employed, your TEID gets you into Workday, MyTime, and Paperless Employee. After separation, Target disables your TEID within a few days, which cuts off Workday access completely. Paperless Employee runs on separate credentials that you set up yourself, and it keeps working regardless of employment status.
If you never created a Paperless Employee login while employed, you can still register as a former team member. You’ll need to verify your identity, but Target makes the process work for people whose TEIDs are already deactivated.
Setting up Paperless Employee after you’ve left
Go to paperlessemployee.com/target. Click Create an Account if you don’t already have one. The registration page will ask for:
- Your full name as it appeared on your Target paystubs
- Social Security Number
- Date of birth
- Target Team Member Number (7 digits, on old paystubs and welcome emails)
- An email address and phone number you still use
Target’s system matches your entries against its payroll records. If all four identifiers line up, you’re through to set a password and security questions.
Once registered, go to Year-End Statements in the left menu. You’ll see W-2s for every year Target paid you, plus ACA Form 1095-C for any year you were eligible for Target’s medical plan. Download the PDFs you need.
If you can’t create an account
Mismatched name spellings and outdated addresses cause most registration failures. Common fixes:
Your married name on file, maiden name on SSN records. Try the name that appeared on your most recent paystub, not your current legal name. If Target never updated your name change, the old one is still in their system.
You can’t find your Team Member Number. Call Target HR at 1-800-394-1885. They can look it up from your SSN, though expect longer hold times in January and February.
The system won’t verify your SSN. Double-check you’re entering 9 digits with no dashes. If it still fails after two tries, stop. Three failed attempts locks the account for 24 hours.
Mailed W-2s and the 2025 overtime premium notice
Target automatically mails paper W-2s by January 31 to the last address on file. If you moved after leaving and didn’t update your address, the W-2 goes to the old place. USPS does not forward tax documents reliably.
For tax year 2025, Target also emailed current and former team members an overtime premium estimate under IRS Notice 2025-69. If you received overtime pay that year, look for this email in the same account you used with Target. The number on that email matters for the new federal overtime deduction rules.
When the mail never comes
Call Target HR at 1-800-394-1885 and request:
- Confirmation of the mailing address they have on file
- An address update to your current location
- A reissued W-2 sent to the new address
Reissues take 10-14 business days. If April 15 is close and the mail isn’t reliable, download from Paperless Employee instead and treat that as your primary copy.
Last-resort fallbacks
IRS Wage and Income Transcript. Create an account at IRS.gov and request a transcript of your prior-year wage data. Target reports all W-2 information to the IRS, so the transcript shows the same numbers. These open up in late May for the prior tax year, which works for late filers but not for anyone trying to beat April 15.
IRS Form 4852. The official substitute W-2 form, used when you can’t get the real one in time to file. You estimate wages and withholding from your last paystub, attach the form, and file. Processing takes longer and you may get an IRS letter asking for verification, so only use it if nothing else is working.
A note on Target’s 10% overtime premium and DailyPay
If you used DailyPay while employed, the money you took early is still reported on your W-2 as wages, not separately. DailyPay advances are repayments from your paycheck, not additional income. Same goes for any discounts stacked through your RedCard or the 20% wellness discount. None of those show up as taxable income on the W-2.
If your W-2 has errors
Check Box 1, Box 2, and the state boxes against your final Target paystub. A mismatch usually means payroll booked something in the wrong period, or a wage correction happened after your last paycheck. Request a W-2c (corrected W-2) through HR at 1-800-394-1885 before you file. Filing with wrong numbers and amending later can delay your refund by months.
For help decoding what each line means, see our W-2 box-by-box reading guide.
Related Target guides
If you’re still working through everything that came with leaving, our breakdowns of Target’s PTO rules and accrual system, employee discount access after separation, and final paycheck timing for Target team members cover the basics. The Target hub has everything else: benefits rules, login portals, discount details.