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Level 1
posted Jun 4, 2019 12:13:06 PM

Received a letter from IRS asking for W2's or 1099's to reflect income on line 64 on 1040. I thought these were submitted with e filing. How do I respond?

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Level 15
Jun 4, 2019 12:13:07 PM

You entered information from those forms if you e-filed, but not the documents themselves.  Did you save your copies of your W-2's and 1099's?  You should always save them for your own records.  The iRS wants to see if they match what you entered on your tax return.  They are looking to see if you correctly entered the amount withheld for federal taxes that you entered on line 64.  Make xerox copies for yourself if you need to, and send the documents to the IRS.  If you threw them away or lost them, ask your employers for new copies of the W-2's; you do not say what kind of 1099's you had but you could most likely get copies from the financial institutions that issued them.

Level 15
Jun 4, 2019 12:13:09 PM

Send the photocopies to the IRS and keep the original documents for yourself. Never send original documents to the IRS (except for copy B of a W-2 that you attach to a tax return that you file by mail).

Not applicable
Jun 4, 2019 12:13:10 PM

line 64 is federal withholding.  if you filed by mail all forms w-2 and any 1099's with federal withholding should have been mailed with the return.  if you e-filed, it is possible you enter an incorrect number  or no number when you should have.  there is also the possibility that you had multiple employers and that the Social Security withheld by them exceeded the maximum.  line 64 would reflect this excess/   in any case send copies, never originals, to the IRS at the address stated in the letter

Level 15
Jun 4, 2019 12:13:12 PM

It is also possible that your employer failed to send the IRS copies of the W-2 forms, or remit the actual tax dollars that were withheld.

Returning Member
Mar 24, 2020 12:43:54 PM

I have my original W2 and faxed them to NYS but have not heard they have them also tried to do it online not able to get that done Can someone help me

Valerie Insogna