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Can someone help me with trying to get my W2's for 2023 and 2024, I've tried contacting my employers with no luck?

abigailsconsulting — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:09:23 GMT

I contacted the IRS but they need information I don't have on previous employers

Re: Can someone help me with trying to get my W2's for 2023 and 2024, I've tried contacting my employers with no luck?

Mike9241 — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 04:06:18 GMT

Try the Social Security Admin - there is a fee

https://www.ssa.gov/faqs/en/questions/KA-02501.html

I'm shocked about your inability to get info from the IRS if you can properly identify yourself to them. If you register for ID.ME you should be able to access the info online - no state info for w-2s so if you need that your only option is above.

or file form 4506-T (no state info)

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506t.pdf

transcript info

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/transcript-types-for-individuals-and-ways-to-order-them

Re: Can someone help me with trying to get my W2's for 2023 and 2024, I've tried contacting my employers with no luck?

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 09:36:13 GMT

TurboTax does not have your W-2. W-2’s come from employers. There is not a federal or national website that provides W-2’s. If your employer is partnered with TurboTax to allow the 2024 W-2 data to be imported into the software you can do that---but you need the actual W-2 so that you can enter the EIN and the amount from box 1 to import the other data from the W-2---which just saves you the little bit of keying in of the other information.

ALL of your 2024 W-2’s must be entered on the SAME 2024 tax return. 2023 W-2's go on a 2023 tax return. So you have two tax returns to prepare.

Some employers have payroll sites that will have your W-2. You might need to phone, text, drop in, email and/or snail mail an old employer to make sure they know where to send your W-2.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-forms/get-copy-w-2/L8FTim9MO_US_en_US?uid=m68ee4os

You can get a wage and income transcript from the IRS: It will not show the actual W-2, 1099’s, etc, but will show the income information the IRS received. It will not, however, show your state information. It will only show the federal information.

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

Other ways to get W-2’s:

Pay Social Security $62 per tax year for your W-2’s.:

https://faq.ssa.gov/en-US/Topic/article/KA-02501

And….SAVE YOUR OWN W-2! TURBOTAX DOES NOT SAVE IT FOR YOU. TurboTax will not have a copy of it in your account and will not have an image even if you snapped a photo or imported it. It is up to you to save it for your own records as stated on the back of the W-2.

Go to Federal>Wages & Income to enter a W-2.

After you enter the first one, you click Add Another W-2.