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I need my 2019 agi

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i need it for this years taxes

bluedebAnswer

Alumni - Champ

Your 2019 AGI is on your 2019 1040 form. Line 8b on Form 1040 and 1040-SR (for tax year 2019).

The IRS requires your 2019 AGI to verify your identity for e-filing. If you're paper-filing your return, you won't need your AGI because those are manually processed.

There are a few places you can get your 2019 AGI:

If you filed your 2019 taxes with TurboTax, sign in and go down to Your tax returns & documents. Select View adjusted gross income (AGI).
If you didn’t file your taxes with TurboTax in 2019, the best place to get last year's AGI is from the 1040 form you filed with the IRS. Look on line 8b. If you filed a 1040NR, it'll be on line 35.
If you're having trouble locating your 2019 return, the second-best place to get your AGI is from the IRS. You can order a free transcript of your return at the IRS Get Transcript site or you can purchase a full copy of your 2019 return. Both versions will include your AGI.

If you didn't file a 2019 federal tax return (or you haven't filed one yet), enter 0 as your AGI.

Married Filing Separately in 2019 but filing jointly in 2020?

Filed jointly in 2019 but are Married Filing Separately in 2020?

You won't find your AGI on your W-2 or 1099 form because those forms don't take into account over a dozen above-the-line deductions that go into calculating your AGI.

bluedeb

Answer

Alumni - Champ

Your 2019 AGI is on your 2019 1040 form. Line 8b on Form 1040 and 1040-SR (for tax year 2019).

The IRS requires your 2019 AGI to verify your identity for e-filing. If you're paper-filing your return, you won't need your AGI because those are manually processed.

There are a few places you can get your 2019 AGI:

If you filed your 2019 taxes with TurboTax, sign in and go down to Your tax returns & documents. Select View adjusted gross income (AGI).
If you didn’t file your taxes with TurboTax in 2019, the best place to get last year's AGI is from the 1040 form you filed with the IRS. Look on line 8b. If you filed a 1040NR, it'll be on line 35.
If you're having trouble locating your 2019 return, the second-best place to get your AGI is from the IRS. You can order a free transcript of your return at the IRS Get Transcript site or you can purchase a full copy of your 2019 return. Both versions will include your AGI.

If you didn't file a 2019 federal tax return (or you haven't filed one yet), enter 0 as your AGI.

Married Filing Separately in 2019 but filing jointly in 2020?

Filed jointly in 2019 but are Married Filing Separately in 2020?

You won't find your AGI on your W-2 or 1099 form because those forms don't take into account over a dozen above-the-line deductions that go into calculating your AGI.

pwaite01

Level 2

I do not have my old computer I did last years taxes or a paper copy, I need the AGI from 2019

DoninGA

Level 15

@pwaite01 wrote:

I do not have my old computer I did last years taxes or a paper copy, I need the AGI from 2019

READ the answer from @bluedeb in this thread directly above your post.

Johnfreeman96

Level 2

How can I get my AGI if I can't get into my turbo tax account from last year

Anonymous

See our FAQ on how you can obtain your Last year's AGI from your taxes filed with Turbo Tax.

Pretagirl

Level 2

I got rejected on my taxes this year cause I need my AGi from last year

Pretagirl

Level 2

I did not fill taxt 2019 but I did file last year needy AGi

kjsd2912

Level 2

I need my 2019 agi for my 2020 tax filing.

VolvoGirl

Level 15

You need your 2019 AGI to efile 2020. The AGI is on 2019 1040 line 8b. If you filed a Joint return you use the same AGI for each spouse.

How to find the AGI.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/how-do-i-find-last-year-s-agi/01/25947

If you didn't file 2019 or filed it later in the year then try entering 0 for the AGI. If that doesn't work you will have to print and mail your return.

linaj20201

Alumni - Intuit

Are you looking for your 2018 AGI amount?

If you have your 2018's tax return, read here: Find your AGI

If you don't have 2018 tax return but used TurboTax to file, you can access your account here Login and download a copy of your prior year’s 1040 tax return to find your AGI. Click here for instructions: Prior year's return

If you do not have a copy of the tax forms, you may order a transcript from the IRS. Click here Get Transcript and select "Get Transcript Online " or request a full copy of your past year's tax return. Click here: https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-4506

The IRS uses your prior year AGI to verify your identity and allow you to e-file your return. If what you entered doesn't match what the IRS has on file for you, then the IRS will reject your return.

@npar4

xmasbaby0

Level 15

@sepulmig57 Rejections do not come from TurboTax. Rejections come from the IRS.

You received an email that we cannot see that tells you why your tax return was rejected.

Some rejected returns can be fixed and re-filed. Some have “un-fixable” reasons for the rejection and have to be mailed instead. What is the rejection code or rejection message?

If it was rejected for AGI—-be aware that many 2019 returns took so long for the IRS to process that your 2019 AGI might not be in the IRS system. Try using zero instead.

If filing with zero is rejected then file again but select the option that you did not file last year. The IRS does not see that question and it will allow you to e-file with no AGI question.

Or—-if you filed as a “non-filer” just to get the stimulus check on a 2019 return, try using $1 as the AGI.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/where-do-i-correct-my-agi-in-turbotax-online/00/26311

If that does not work and you still cannot e-file, then print, sign, and mail your tax return.

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/are-irs-security-tools-blocking-millions-people-filing-electronically

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

Denna love

Level 2

Yes

NashayLO

Level 9

To get your 2019 AGI, you have to go to the source of where you completed your return. If you completed your return Online, you can log in and find the Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) on your Tax Home page.

If you completed your return on your Desktop software, you can pull up your PDF and find it on form 1040 line 8b

Please see this TurboTax FAQ for more information, How do I find last year’s AGI?

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jorge27cabral

Level 2

im trying to finishb up my taxes and irs needs my agi so here i am trying to get that to them plz text me asap with information

JohnB5677

Alumni - Intuit

We do not have an AGI that we can text to you.

There are a few places you can get your 2019 AGI:

If you filed your 2019 taxes with TurboTax, sign in and go down to Your tax returns & documents. Select View adjusted gross income (AGI).

If you didn’t file your taxes with TurboTax in 2019, the best place to get last year's AGI is from the 1040 form you filed with the IRS. Look on line 8b. If you filed a 1040NR, it'll be on line 35.

If you're having trouble locating your 2019 return, the second-best place to get your AGI is from the IRS. You can order a free transcript of your return at the IRS Get Transcript site or you can purchase a full copy of your 2019 return. Both versions will include your AGI.

@jorge27cabral

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amaechilesekody

Level 2

Please text/email my AGI for my 2019 tax return.

AlanT222

Alumni - Intuit

We do not have access to your tax information.

There are a few places you can get your 2019 AGI:

If you filed your 2019 taxes with TurboTax, sign in and go down to Your tax returns & documents. Select View adjusted gross income (AGI).
If you didn’t file your taxes with TurboTax in 2019, the best place to get last year's AGI is from the 1040 form you filed with the IRS. Look on line 8b. If you filed a 1040NR, it'll be on line 35.
If you're having trouble locating your 2019 return, the second-best place to get your AGI is from the IRS. You can order a free transcript of your return at the IRS Get Transcript site or you can purchase a full copy of your 2019 return. Both versions will include your AGI.

If you didn't file a 2019 federal tax return (or you haven't filed one yet), enter 0 as your AGI.

Married Filing Separately in 2019 but filing jointly in 2020?

Filed jointly in 2019 but are Married Filing Separately in 2020?

You won't find your AGI on your W-2 or 1099 form because those forms don't take into account over a dozen above-the-line deductions that go into calculating your AGI.

**Say "Thanks" by clicking the thumb icon in a post. **Mark the post that answers your question by clicking on "Mark as Best Answer"

Rebeccaryan

Level 2

Need copy of 2019 tax return agi

EbonyL122824

Level 9

@Rebeccaryan You can follow the instruction in this TurboTax FAQ here on how to locate your AGI. Then proceed to follow the instructions in this TurboTax FAQ to find out where to put your previous year's AGI on your current year tax return. If your tax return is constantly getting rejected due to your AGI, you will need to print and mail your tax return. You can follow the directions in this TurboTax FAQ to do so.

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MIWFAN971

Level 2

I can't find my 2019 tax forms I need help

mesquitebean

Level 15

@ MIWFAN971 wrote:
I can't find my 2019 tax forms I need help

There are a couple of possibilities for not being able to find prior returns prepared in Online TurboTax. NOTE: Any return prepared in desktop software (CD/download) will not be in an online account.

When you log into TurboTax for the first time this year, you may not yet have the Tax Home tab and Documents tab visible in the left menu column. If those tabs are not there, then you may have to first proceed a little further by answering some preliminary screens and may even need to choose a 2020 product to get them to appear (you are not obligated to use it.) Once you continue far enough to have those tabs, here are a couple of ways to get to the prior returns:

You can click on Documents in the left menu and then a dropdown list of years should appear. Choose the year, and then way off to the right of the screen, you should see a link to download the PDF. See this image:

If that didn't work, here's another method:

Go to the Tax Home. Scroll down the Tax Home page to the section "Your Tax Returns & Documents." Expand that section and choose the tax year you want. Then you can choose to "Download/print the PDF", or if you just need the 2019 AGI, then once you choose 2019 there should be a link to "View adjusted gross income (AGI.)"

If you do all that, but there's no evidence of prior returns in that section "Your Tax Returns & Documents", then you likely have multiple accounts and signed into the wrong one. Many people end up with multiple accounts.

You can have up to 5 accounts that use the same email address for notification purposes. A User ID may be an email address, but it doesn't have to be. It might be only part of an email address, or it can be anything at all.

To get a list of your User IDs, reset password, and recover account access, etc., you can use the tool at the link below. When using the Account Recovery tool, try using your phone number first if you can still access it. After that, if necessary, then run the tool on your email address(es) you can access.

NOTE: Before running the account recovery tool below, log out of all Intuit accounts including this user forum, or you might end up in a loop. Then clear your browser Internet cache, close your browser, then reopen it, and go to the link below. You may wish to copy this link so you can paste it into the new browser session.

https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery

If still no luck after running that on your phone number you can still access and email address(es) that you can access, here's another method:

Go back to the tool again, but this time leave the data field blank, scroll down a bit, then choose the small blue link that says "Try something else", and it will look you up by SSN and other parameters.