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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 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.
Every 2023 W-2 that you received must be reported on your 2023 tax return, even if they are for small amounts. Remember that each one of those W-2’s has your Social Security number on it, and that income was reported to the IRS by the employer. You do not want trouble with the IRS for under-reporting your income or have your refund delayed by having missing income.
ALL of your W-2’s must be entered on the SAME tax return.
Go to Federal>Wages & Income to enter a W-2.
After you enter the first one, you click Add Another W-2.
W-2's come from your employer, and they have until January 31 to issue it. Some employers allow you to import the W-2 through the software, but for security reasons you still need information from the actual W-2 to import it. Some employers have payroll sites that will have your W-2. You might need to phone, 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/questions/2561916-how-can-i-get-a-copy-of-my-w-2
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1934390-how-do-i-import-my-W-2
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2588751-why-can-t-i-import-my-w-2
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2938482-how-do-i-take-a-picture-of-my-w-2-in-turbotax-online
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.
TurboTax (TT) does not have your W-2 (in either the on-line or desk top versions). However, it does have a "facsimile", if you typed in (or imported) your W-2 when you prepared your return. If all you need is the information from your W-2, you can get that from the facsimile ("W-2 worksheet"), found in the list of forms. Every bit of information on your actual W-2 will be on the TT worksheet. Whether whomever you need to show your W-2 to will accept the worksheet instead; you'll have to ask them. Your employer is the best source of an actual copy of your W-2. For more options, see:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-do-i-get-my-old-w2s/01/782516#M311511
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/i-need-to-get-a-copy-of-my-2017-w-2-wher... link Includes:
IRS instructions http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc159.html
Social Security Administration Instructions questionID=3836&hitOffset=258+164+163+75+26+25+15+14&docID=2040
You can get a Wage and Income transcript, from the IRS for free. Like the TurboTax worksheet, it will have all the info that W-2 has, but is not an actual copy. But, unlike the TT worksheet, the transcript is an official IRS document. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/tax-return-transcript-types-and-ways-to-order-them
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