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June 8, 2019
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I am going through a background check for a new job. How do I find my previous dates of employment for the last 7 years?

  • June 8, 2019
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Best answer by xmasbaby0

TurboTax will not have that information.  As a working adult, you are supposed to keep track of your own employment history.  You can get a wage and income transcript from the IRS that will show the W-2's or 1099's that you received income from, but that will not show the actual dates you were employed--only the tax years for which the income was reported.  You could also check with Social Security to see the employment that was reported to SS.

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

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

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


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June 8, 2019
even the Social Security Administration doesn't get dates of employment.   
June 8, 2019
The company doing the background checks could find the dates.. that’s messed up I was the employee, they can get the info yet I can’t !?
Rainman12
Employee
June 8, 2019
They get dates by contacting your former employers. You can do the same thing.
xmasbaby0Answer
Employee
June 8, 2019

TurboTax will not have that information.  As a working adult, you are supposed to keep track of your own employment history.  You can get a wage and income transcript from the IRS that will show the W-2's or 1099's that you received income from, but that will not show the actual dates you were employed--only the tax years for which the income was reported.  You could also check with Social Security to see the employment that was reported to SS.

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

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

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


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June 8, 2019
Ok thank you!