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New Member
posted Jun 6, 2019 7:12:50 AM

Attach the first copy or Copy B of Forms

It says "attach the first copy or Copy B of Forms W-2 to the front of your Form 1040Ez". Does that just mean attach my original W2 I received from my employer?

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Level 5
Jun 6, 2019 7:12:51 AM

Yes, there are usually four (duplicate) copies of the W2 that your employer issues you. One copy is for Federal (Copy A), two are for state and local (Copy B & C), and the last one is yours to keep for your records (Copy D). Tear one of the forms off and attach to your return if you are mailing it in for processing.

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Level 5
Jun 6, 2019 7:12:51 AM

Yes, there are usually four (duplicate) copies of the W2 that your employer issues you. One copy is for Federal (Copy A), two are for state and local (Copy B & C), and the last one is yours to keep for your records (Copy D). Tear one of the forms off and attach to your return if you are mailing it in for processing.

New Member
Jul 14, 2021 4:39:39 PM

Need copy of the form that you sent to the IRS

 

Level 15
Jul 14, 2021 4:48:41 PM

How to get a copy after filing

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-get-a-copy-of-a-return-i-filed-this-year-in-turbotax-online/00/25932

 

Here's an alternate way to print by opening the filed return back up to print at the Print Center, where you can also get the worksheets.

 

Log in and at the Tax Home or in the section Your Tax Returns & Documents for 2020, look for a link Add a State.  Click on Add a State.  (you don't really add one.  That's just to open your return back up.)

 

After the return is open, click in the left menu column on TAX TOOLS, then PRINT CENTER.

Then choose Print, save, view this year's return.

The next screen should offer some options:  Just my tax returns or include government worksheets (optional), or include government and TurboTax worksheets (optional.)

New Member
Feb 17, 2022 11:19:04 AM

Where do I find a cooyB form

Level 15
Feb 17, 2022 11:24:10 AM

What copy do you have?  Why do you copy B?  If you need another one you can just make a copy of the one you have.  It doesn't need to be the "B" copy.

New Member
Jan 10, 2024 1:03:53 PM

  • Need copy of 2021 n 2022 taxes

Level 15
Jan 10, 2024 1:11:24 PM

@Tmweatherly

  You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.

 

Start a 2023 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010

 

Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.

 

Account Recovery

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901535-forgot-your-turbotax-online-user-id-or-password

Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901486-how-many-turbotax-accounts-do-i-have

 

 

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901659-find-your-tax-data-file-in-mac

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900721-find-your-tax-data-file-tax-file-in-windows

 

 

 

You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $43, an actual copy of your tax return.

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

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

 

 

 

SAVE YOUR TAX RETURN !

 

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. 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900937-why-should-i-save-a-pdf-copy-of-my-return

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899779-what-s-the-difference-between-the-tax-data-file-and-the-pdf-file

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1912466-how-do-i-save-my-return-as-a-pdf-in-the-turbotax-software-for-windows

 

 

NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.