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I need my 2020 tax return, but it's not allowing me to view or download. I don't have the original laptop I possibly had the software on. What can I do to get the return?

 
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I need my 2020 tax return, but it's not allowing me to view or download. I don't have the original laptop I possibly had the software on. What can I do to get the return?

If you used desktop software downloaded/installed from a CD to your own computer, then the tax files are stored locally on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.  They are not stored online.  If you cannot recover them due to a hard drive failure, etc. you can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30 an actual copy of your tax return.

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

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

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