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I need to find my AGI from last year’s taxes that I filed on TurboTax.

  • February 6, 2021
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I filed TurboTax last year and now I don’t know how to get back into it to get my AGI. Could you help me please.
Best answer by bluedeb

How do I find last year’s AGI?

The IRS requires your 2019 AGI to verify your identity for e-filing. If you're paper-filing your return, you won't need your AGI because those are manually processed.

 

There are a few places you can get your 2019 AGI:

  • If you filed your 2019 taxes with TurboTax, sign in and go down to Your tax returns & documents. Select View adjusted gross income (AGI).
  • If you didn’t file your taxes with TurboTax in 2019, the best place to get last year's AGI is from the 1040 form you filed with the IRS. Look on page 2, line 7. If you filed a 1040NR, it'll be on line 35.
  • If you're having trouble locating your 2019 return, the second-best place to get your AGI is from the IRS. You can order a free transcript of your return at the IRS Get Transcript site or you can purchase a full copy of your 2019 return. Both versions will include your AGI.

If you didn't file a 2019 federal tax return (or you haven't filed one yet), enter 0 as your AGI.

 

Married Filing Separately in 2019 but filing jointly in 2020?

 

Filed jointly in 2019 but are Married Filing Separately in 2020?

 

You won't find your AGI on your W-2 or 1099 form because those forms don't take into account over a dozen above-the-line deductions that go into calculating your AGI.

 

Your 2019 AGI is on:

  • Line 8b on Form 1040 and 1040-SR (for tax year 2019)

52 replies

February 20, 2022

I cannot find my 2020 tax return that I filed with Turbo Tax.  It only has my son's Daniel Monsour.  I need my AGI from 2020

February 25, 2022

Im  getting a message that my AGI for last year is wrong but I have verified the number with the 1040-sr that i printed out from turbo tax last year and the number is correct Help, do i need to use the old pin numbers I used last year for filing also.???? 

 

DoninGA
Employee
February 25, 2022

@bsatkin wrote:

Im  getting a message that my AGI for last year is wrong but I have verified the number with the 1040-sr that i printed out from turbo tax last year and the number is correct Help, do i need to use the old pin numbers I used last year for filing also.???? 

 


You can use any 5 digit self-selected PIN on the 2021 tax return.  What must be accurate is the 2020 AGI.  If the IRS is rejecting the tax return for the 2020 AGI then try entering a 0 (zero) for the 2020 AGI and e-file the 2021 tax return again.

March 13, 2022

Please help me -- I need to find my AGI from 2020 and have not succeeded as of yet,

 

Rachel Rosenblum

VolvoGirl
Employee
March 13, 2022

You need your 2020 AGI to efile 2021. The AGI is on 2020 1040 line 11. If you filed a Joint return you use the same AGI for each spouse.

How to find the AGI.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/how-do-i-find-last-year-s-agi/01/25947

If you didn't file 2020 or filed it later in the year or mailed it, then try entering 0 for the AGI. If that doesn't work you will have to print and mail your return.

Or request a transcript from the IRS
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

March 21, 2022

I need help getting my ahi from last year

DoninGA
Employee
March 21, 2022

@GailandPaul  wrote:

I need help getting my ahi from last year


READ the answer directly above your post.

March 22, 2022

I need my AGI and PIN

DoninGA
Employee
March 22, 2022

@mulbah50 wrote:

I need my AGI and PIN


Read the answers already provided in this thread.

March 22, 2022

How can I get my AG! and pin

March 23, 2022

i need my  agi for tax year 2020  for  jay lee rodriguez

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DoninGA
Employee
March 23, 2022

@ashleerodz08 wrote:

i need my  agi for tax year 2020  for  jay lee rodriguez

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The 2020 AGI is on your 2020 federal tax return Form 1040 Line 11

 

To access your prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

Scroll down to the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)

 

If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.

 

Or go to this IRS website for free federal tax return transcripts - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

For a fee of $43 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

March 27, 2022

have fine copy on my computer of 2020 tax filing. can not access . I do not have the disk or code.it  - comes up to enter product code

April 7, 2022

I’m signed into turbo tax and my return was rejected because I wrote the wrong AGI number. I can’t access my 2020 return from you because I have to complete my 2021, but I can’t do that until I find my 2020 tax return to get my AGI! Help!

DoninGA
Employee
April 7, 2022

@Julie54 wrote:

I’m signed into turbo tax and my return was rejected because I wrote the wrong AGI number. I can’t access my 2020 return from you because I have to complete my 2021, but I can’t do that until I find my 2020 tax return to get my AGI! Help!


To access your prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

Scroll down to the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)

 

If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.

 

Or go to this IRS website for free federal tax return transcripts - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

For a fee of $43 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

April 12, 2022

What is my 2020 AGI?

VolvoGirl
Employee
April 12, 2022

You need your 2020 AGI to efile 2021. The AGI is on 2020 1040 line 11. If you filed a Joint return you use the same AGI for each spouse.

How to find the AGI.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/how-do-i-find-last-year-s-agi/01/25947

If you didn't file 2020 or filed it later in the year or mailed it, then try entering 0 for the AGI. If that doesn't work you will have to print and mail your return.

Or request a transcript from the IRS
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript