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wisky1966
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I have been filing with Turbo Tax the past 5 yrs and looking to see how to retrieve my w2's for the years I filed, and I know I had to upload them while doing my taxes.

How do I retrieve my W2's on Turbo Tax?
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I have been filing with Turbo Tax the past 5 yrs and looking to see how to retrieve my w2's for the years I filed, and I know I had to upload them while doing my taxes.

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 a Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement that included the tax data from the forms that were entered.
The forms 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 prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

 

Start the 2022 online tax return by entering some personal information then click on Tax Home on the left side of the screen.

 

On the Tax Home webpage -

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

 

If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.

 

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

JulieS
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I have been filing with Turbo Tax the past 5 yrs and looking to see how to retrieve my w2's for the years I filed, and I know I had to upload them while doing my taxes.

Yes, as DoninGa points out, TurboTax does not have your actual W-2 forms, just the information that you entered from them in the program.

 

If you download a complete copy of your tax return, you will find the W-2 worksheet that you entered, but not the actual W-2. 

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