To: All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Office of University Payroll" <obfs@uillinois.edu>

Reply-To: obfs@uillinois.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - Update on Form W-2 Process for Tax Year 2006

This e-mail message applies to students who are, or have employees of the 
University of Illinois during tax year 2006. If you were NOT an employee 
during tax year 2006, please disregard this message.

If you have previously consented to retrieve your Form W-2 
electronically, this message provides instructions to access your form. 
If you have not consented yet, and wish to have early electronic access, 
you have until the end of day on Thursday, January 18, 2007, to provide 
consent by following the instructions provided below. 

If you are a Foreign National student (nonresident alien), who is or has 
been a University employee during tax year 2006, you may NOT receive your 
tax form electronically. Your tax Form 1042-S will be mailed to you as in 
previous year. Please refer to the section on Process for Mailing of 
Forms below.

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INSTRUCTIONS TO RETRIEVE YOUR FORM
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If you have consented to receive form W-2 electronically, you can now 
retrieve your 2006 tax form by following the steps below:

1. Go to NESSIE at <https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/index.cfm>
2. Select the "Compensation" tab. 
3. Click on the link "W-2 Wage and Tax Statement."  
4. Click on the link "View your W-2." 
5. Log in using your Bluestem logon and password. 
6. Enter your Personal Identification Number (PIN) or create one. Your 
Form W-2 will display on the screen. 
7. Click the "Continue" button, enter the last four digits of your Social 
Security Number in the box, and click OK.
8. Click on the link "Click here for your 2006 W-2 Form."

You may print the form, e-mail it to yourself or save your form to a hard 
drive or disk.  You may also log off and retrieve it again later 
following the same instructions.

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INSTRUCTIONS TO PROVIDE CONSENT FOR ELECTRONIC ACCESS
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If you have not consented it is not too late.  Consent for the 2006 
electronic W-2 will remain open through January 18, 2007.  To provide 
consent for electronic access, follow the steps below:

1. Go to NESSIE at <https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/index.cfm>. 
2. Select the "Compensation" tab. 
3. Click the link "W-2 Wage and Tax Statement." 
4. Click the link "W-2 Consent form." 
5. Log in using your Bluestem logon and password. 
6. Enter your Personal Identification Number (PIN) or create one. 
7. Once you are on the W-2 Wage and Tax Statement Consent Form page, 
click Continue. 
8. Follow the instructions at the bottom of the form to provide consent: 
(1.)Enter the consent code (click on link to retrieve the code. This is 
necessary because it is the same functionality used to retrieve the W-2 
electronically) 
(2.) Enter the e-mail address you want your notification regarding 
retrieval of your form W-2 to be addressed to. 
(3.)Re-enter your e-mail address. 
9. Click the "Consent" button. 

After submitting this information, you will receive an e-mail indicating 
you have consented to receive your Form W-2 electronically. When these 
steps are completed, the form can be retrieved using the Instructions to 
Retrieve Your Form.

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PROCESS FOR MAILING OF FORMS
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If you have decided to receive your Form W-2 by mail, or if you are a 
nonresident foreign national employee receiving Form 1042-S, your form 
will be mailed to the mailing address listed on your Personal Information 
tab in NESSIE as of December 31, 2006. The printed Form W-2 will be 
mailed starting January 31, 2007.  If you do not have an active mailing 
address, the form will be sent to your listed home/permanent address.

NOTE: Because some e-mail programs split long addresses (URLs), you may 
not be able to reach the desired pages by clicking on the links provided 
above. Try copying all the text between the angel brackets into your 
browser's address bar. There are no spaces in the URL.

If you have additional questions about the W-2 process, please contact 
the University Payroll Service Center at 866-476-3586, 217-265-6363 or 
payinq@uillinois.edu. 

This mailing approved by:
The Office of the President

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