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You should contact your past employers and beg them to provide replacement copies of the W-2's you lost.
The other things you can do are to get wage and income transcripts from the IRS--those will show only the income reported to the IRS by employers for federal purposes--they will not show any state withholding information for state tax return purposes.
Or for a fee of $86 each you can get copies of W-2's from Social Security.
Going forward -- learn this costly lesson and keep track of your W-2's and file timely tax returns
To get a copy of a W-2 from Social Security https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02501
To request a wage and income transcript from the IRS
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript
When you get the W-2"s
To file a return for a prior tax year
If you need to prepare a return for 2016, 2017, or 2018 you can purchase and download desktop software to do it, then print, sign, and mail the return(s)
https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/
Remember to prepare your state return as well—if you live in a state that has a state income tax.
When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s. Use a mailing service that will track it, such as UPS or certified mail so you will know the IRS/state received the return.
Note: The desktop software you need to prepare the prior year return must be installed/downloaded to a full PC or Mac. It cannot be used on a mobile device.
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