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I haven't received a w2 form to file my taxes will it still be valid for the irs to accept my federal return e file without my w2 form

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January 10, 2021
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Employee

You need to enter all the W-2's for 2020 from all your employers on only one tax return. Employers have until 02/01/2021 to provide the W-2's.

The IRS will not be accepting any type of 2020 federal tax return until Late January 2021, so there is no need to rush.

If you file the 2020 federal tax return without entering the W-2's, you would be required to file an amended Federal tax return, Form 1040X, to add the W-2's that were supposed be entered on the tax return that you filed. Plus you must wait for the IRS to process the original tax return and issue the tax refund before you can amend the tax return.

The amended tax return will take 4 months or longer for the IRS to process. So any tax refund that you could have received from the original tax return is now taking many months for you to receive.

So it would June or July before you would see any tax refund from the IRS for the amended tax return.

Do you still want to file early?

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luisvasquez2002Author

I understand,however this is my first time ever filing for taxes since I just recently started working in October and I have never received a w2 form from my job thats what I meant to say sorry for confusing you. I'll appreciate it on how I can resolve this issue since I'm just a recent employee who hasn't gotten a tax form yet.

DoninGA

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@luisvasquez2002 wrote:

I understand,however this is my first time ever filing for taxes since I just recently started working in October and I have never received a w2 form from my job thats what I meant to say sorry for confusing you. I'll appreciate it on how I can resolve this issue since I'm just a recent employee who hasn't gotten a tax form yet.

As stated - You have to wait for your employer to provide you with the W-2. They have until 02/01/2021 to get the W-2 to you. Once you have the W-2 in hand you can enter the W-2 on your 2020 tax return, complete the tax return and file the tax return.

You complete your tax return by finishing all 3 Steps in the File section. In Step 3, to e-file your tax return, you must click on the large Orange button labeled "Transmit my returns now".

After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.