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posted Oct 16, 2023 3:11:31 AM

Hello, how do I find my tax ID number? Can I check previous tax returns? I read somewhere that it would be on Schedule C but I cannot find that either. Step by step pls!

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Level 15
Oct 16, 2023 6:22:08 AM

  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 2022 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

 

To get a copy of your previously filed returns prepared with online TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900748-how-do-i-get-a-copy-of-a-return-i-filed-in-turbotax-online

 

 

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 return for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.

Level 15
Oct 16, 2023 7:11:52 AM

Your own personal tax ID number, for yourself, is your Social Security number.


If you have a business that is a sole proprietorship, and you obtained from the IRS an Employer ID Number (EIN) for the business, the EIN should be on line D of Schedule C. The EIN is the tax ID number for the business. Many small sole proprietorships do not have an EIN. If your sole proprietorship does not have an EIN, then your Social Security number is also the tax ID number for the business.


Why are you looking for your tax ID number?