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.
NOTE:TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.Returns older than seven years are purged.
I NEED A COPY OF MY W-2(or 1099)
W-2's come from employers. There is not a federal or national website that provides W-2’s.
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 $62).
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.
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