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MaryK4
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I'm entering a W2 from 2016

You must enter your 2016 W2 on a 2016 tax return- you cannot put it on your tax return this year.  You must report income in the year it was earned.  If you are anticipating a refund, you must file before the three year statute of limitation expires.

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I'm entering a W2 from 2016

You can't do a prior year return online or efile it, but you can buy either the cd or download the desktop versions for the last 3 years from Turbo Tax here....

http://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products.jsp

 

Or you can check for  Turbo Tax for all years on Ebay or Amazon, etc.

 

Either way you will have to mail in your return.  And if you are doing more than 1 year, send each year in a separate envelope. Sometimes the IRS will just staple all the sheets together and miss a second return.

 

 

You can fill out the blank forms for free.

Here are some blank forms & instructions for 2016

1040 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2016.pdf     

Instructions https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2016.pdf

 

1040A https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040a--2016.pdf    

Instructions https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040a--2016.pdf

 

1040EZ https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040ez--2016.pdf    

Instructions https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040ez--2016.pdf

 

2016 Tax Tables https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040tt--2016.pdf

Publication 17 Tax Guide for 2016 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/p17--2016.pdf

 

Don’t forget your state.  And you will have to print and mail your returns.  So be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them.  You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places.  Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.

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