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Why doesn't TurboTax attempt to download my W2 from the IRS?

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January 29, 2021
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My employer had not uploaded W2s to the IRS when I started my return, but now they have. However, TurboTax no longer shows me the option to download a W2 from the IRS. Why not?

TurboTax Free Edition Online

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Opus 17

Employee

You never download a W-2 from the IRS. Your employer sends it to a data warehouse that Turbotax and other tax prep companies subscribe to. You probably have a blank or partial W-2 in your return that can't be substituted with a downloaded one.

If you go back to the beginning of the W-2 interview and click "I have another W-2" it should open the download again, and you download your W-2 as a new one. The delete the blank or partial W-2.

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dbonis77

Turbo Tax is not giving me the option to Download the W2 information. I am running the local (CD installed) version. When I get to W2 it only has review or step by step but doesn't give the option to download