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posted Jan 2, 2021 8:18:37 AM

How to view work history from a previous yeat

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Level 15
Jan 2, 2021 8:19:33 AM

WORK HISTORY

TurboTax does not have your employment history.  The closest you could come to getting it from your income tax records would be to look at the worksheets that show the W-2's you entered.  There are not copies of the actual W-2's but the pdf of the worksheets will have the employer names.  W-2's only show the year that you earned income from the employer; there would not be any details as to what months you worked.

 

You can also get a work history from Social Security:

 

WORK HISTORY  https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ssa-7050.pdf

 

Another possibility:  Get a free wages and income transcript from the IRS.  That will show the employers that reported wages they paid to you.

 

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

Level 15
Jan 2, 2021 8:20:04 AM

As stated on the back of the W-2 -
Keep Copy C of Form W-2 for at least 3 years after the due date for filing your income tax return. However, to help protect your social security benefits, keep Copy C until you begin receiving social security benefits, just in case there is a question about your work record and/or earnings in a particular year.

 

TurboTax does not have a copy of the W-2 or Form 1099. It would have W-2 and Form 1099 worksheets that included the tax data from the forms that were entered. The worksheets would be included in the PDF of the tax return in the tax year the return was completed.

Copies of a Form 1099 would have to obtained from the issuer of the form.

 

To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents click on Show. Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)

 

If you cannot obtain the W-2 from your employer, then for a fee you can get a complete copy of a W-2 from the Social Security Administration - https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02501

 

You can get a free Wage and Income transcript from the IRS - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

 

For a fee of $43 you can get a complete federal tax return to include copies of W-2's, if you mailed the tax return and included a paper W-2, from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

 

See this IRS Tax Topic - http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc159.html