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January 25, 2021
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Hi I want to look at my w2 from last year and my tax return. Can you help guide me on how to do this

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    Employee
    January 25, 2021

     

    I NEED A COPY OF MY W-2  (or 1099)

    TurboTax does not have a copy of your W-2—the Wage & Tax Statement—issued to you by your employer, (nor does TurboTax have copies of your 1099’s).   You should always save those documents for your own records. You could ask the employer(s) for copies or you can get a copy from Social Security (for a fee of $90).

     

    To get a copy of a W-2 from Social Security https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02501

    https://www.irs.gov/help-resources/tools-faqs/faqs-for-individuals/frequently-asked-tax-questions-answers/irs-procedures/transcript-or-copy-of-form-w-2/transcript-or-copy-of-form-w-2

     

     

    If you saved a pdf of your completed tax return, the worksheets will show the W-2 information you entered, but not the actual W-2.

     

    You can get a wage and income transcript from the IRS:  It will not show the actual W-2, 1099’s, etc, but will show the income information the IRS received.  It will not, however, show your state information. It will only show the federal information.

    https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

     

    Or you can pay the IRS $43 for an actual copy of your tax return which will include copies of your W-2’s     

    https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

     

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2561916-how-can-i-get-a-copy-of-my-w-2

     

     

     

     

     

      You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.

     

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010

     

    Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.

     

    Account recovery

    https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery/

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901535-forgot-your-turbotax-online-user-id-or-password

    Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.

     

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901486-how-many-turbotax-accounts-do-i-have

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901535

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901659-find-your-tax-data-file-in-mac

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900721-find-your-tax-data-file-tax-file-in-windows

     

    To get a copy of your previously filed returns prepared with online TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900748-how-do-i-get-a-copy-of-a-return-i-filed-in-turbotax-online

     

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900748-how-do-i-get-a-copy-of-a-return-i-filed-this-year-in-turbotax-online

     

    SAVE YOUR TAX RETURN !

     

    EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records.  That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc.

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900937-why-should-i-save-a-pdf-copy-of-my-return

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899779-what-s-the-difference-between-the-tax-data-file-and-the-pdf-file

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1912466-how-do-i-save-my-return-as-a-pdf-in-the-turbotax-software-for-windows

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1912533-how-do-i-save-my-return-as-a-pdf-in-the-turbotax-software-for-mac•

     

    https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/print-selected-pages-acrobat-reader.html#:~:text=Ctrl%2Dclick%20(...

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