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Unlike most big retailers, The Home Depot doesn’t offer employees a traditional merchandise discount. What it does offer is a simpler W2 process compared to companies with three or four overlapping portals. Your W2 lives on MyTHDHR (mythdhr.com), one portal handles almost everything, and former associates get a dedicated verification path to access theirs.

That relative simplicity is welcome, because Home Depot’s other financial programs (Success Sharing bonuses, the ESPP stock purchase plan, Homer Fund grants) can make your W2 look more complicated than you expected. Here’s what to do.

Current employees: MyTHDHR Self-Service

Your W2 is available through MyTHDHR at mythdhr.com. Specifically:

1. Log in at mythdhr.com.
2. Go to Self-Service (sometimes listed as mythdhr.com/ESS directly).
3. Navigate to Pay and Taxes.
4. Select your W2 for the tax year you need.

You can view it online, download the PDF, or print it. Prior tax years should also be available in the same section.

Your login is the same one you use for scheduling through Kronos, benefits enrollment, and other HR self-service functions. If you’ve been logging into MyTHDHR for your schedule or pay stubs, you already have access.

Do this: Bookmark mythdhr.com/ESS so you go directly to Self-Service. The main MyTHDHR page has a lot of links, and the W2 section isn’t always obvious from the homepage.

Don’t do this: Don’t try to find your W2 through MyApron. MyApron is the in-store portal for operational tools, product knowledge training, and job applications. It does not have tax forms. This is one of the more common mix-ups at Home Depot, since many associates use MyApron daily but only need MyTHDHR once or twice a year.

Former employees: the dedicated verification path

Home Depot maintains a Former Associates section within MyTHDHR. The process is different from the regular login:

1. Go to mythdhr.com.
2. Look for the Former Associates link (it’s typically on the login page or just below it).
3. You’ll be asked to verify your identity using your full name, date of birth, and the last 4 digits of your SSN.
4. Once verified, you can access your W2 and other tax documents.

This is cleaner than what many retailers offer former employees. You don’t need to remember a specific employee ID or go through a third-party site. The verification uses basic personal information you already know.

Do this: Try the former associates path first, even if you think your regular login might still work. Regular MyTHDHR access gets deactivated after separation, and the timing varies. The former associates path is specifically designed to work after your employee account is closed.

Don’t do this: Don’t wait around if the online verification fails. Sometimes the system can’t match your information, especially if your name or personal details were entered incorrectly during onboarding. If that happens, email myTHDHR@homedepot.com or call 1-866-698-4347 and ask them to mail you a copy or walk you through an alternative verification.

Why your Home Depot W2 might have more boxes filled than you expected

Home Depot doesn’t do a merchandise discount, but it runs several financial programs that show up on your W2 in ways that confuse people.

Success Sharing bonuses are semi-annual cash bonuses tied to store performance. These count as regular income and show up in Box 1. If your store hit its targets, you got a payout. (For context: as of February 2026, Home Depot raised the store threshold from 90% to 95% and cut the minimum payout from 50% to 25%. Future bonuses may be smaller, but past ones still show on your W2 for the year they were paid.)

ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan) lets associates buy Home Depot stock at a 15% discount. The discount portion is taxable income and gets reported on your W2. Look for it in Box 14 or as a separate code in Box 12 depending on how Home Depot’s payroll processor handles it. When you eventually sell the stock, you’ll have a separate capital gains situation, but that’s a different tax form.

Homer Fund grants are emergency financial assistance for employees. Over $300 million has been given out through this program since 1999. The tax treatment depends on the type of grant. Disaster relief grants are generally not taxable. Other grants may be, and they’d show up on your W2 if so. If you received a Homer Fund grant and aren’t sure whether it’s on your W2 or why, call 1-866-698-4347.

401(k) contributions appear as code D in Box 12. Home Depot matches up to 5% of your pay.

Home Depot’s fiscal year and your W2

Home Depot’s fiscal year runs February 1 through January 31, same as Walmart. But your W2 follows the calendar tax year (January through December), so there’s no confusion about which pay periods are included. Everything you earned between January 1 and December 31 goes on that year’s W2.

Where the fiscal year matters: Success Sharing bonuses are calculated on fiscal-year store performance, but they’re taxable in the calendar year when they’re actually paid out. If your store’s fiscal-year results triggered a bonus that was paid in February, it goes on the following year’s W2. This occasionally confuses associates who think the bonus should have appeared on the prior year’s tax forms.

What to do if your W2 doesn’t show up

Do this: Follow this sequence.

1. Check mythdhr.com (Self-Service > Pay and Taxes) or the Former Associates path.
2. Email myTHDHR@homedepot.com with your request. Include your name, last 4 of your SSN, and the tax year you need.
3. Call 1-866-698-4347 if email doesn’t get a response within a few business days.
4. After February 15, call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 and report that your employer hasn’t provided your W2. Request a Wage & Income Transcript as a backup.
5. File with IRS Form 4852 (substitute W2) if you’re running up against the April 15 deadline.

Don’t do this: Don’t assume that because you can’t find your W2 online, it wasn’t sent. Home Depot mails paper W2s by January 31 to your last address on file. Check your mailbox (and your old mailbox if you moved) before escalating.

Connecting the dots

Your W2 doesn’t exist in a vacuum. If you left Home Depot recently and are figuring out your taxes, you might also need to know what happened to your employee benefits after termination, how your final paycheck timing works in your state, or what your PTO payout looked like on that last check.

Understanding the ESPP and 401(k) lines on your W2 is easier when you also know how your overall Home Depot benefits were structured. And for help decoding every box on the form, our W2 box-by-box guide walks through it.

Visit the Home Depot employee resource hub for all our guides in one place.