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posted Jun 17, 2025 7:20:27 AM

IRS is asking for 1040A/EZ/SR Where do I find this

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Level 15
Jun 17, 2025 7:25:19 AM

There has not been a Form 1040EZ  or 1040A since 2017.    Everyone uses a Form 1040 or a 1040SR---if you or your spouse are 65 or older, the return prints out on Form 1040SR---which is identical to Form 1040 but with larger print.

 

If you prepared a tax return, it is on a Form 1040 or a 1040SR.    When you enter information into this software, you are preparing a Form 1040.  Please look at it so you know what your tax form looks like:

 

PREVIEW 1040

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr

 

 

 

Is the IRS asking for another copy of your tax return?

  You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.

 

 https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

 

Start a 2024 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m5y4ch1y

 

Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-turbotax/L9aVfKS1Z_US_en_US?uid=ll5g6zcx

Account Recovery

 

 

Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US?uid=m6gufxei

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0

You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return.

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

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

 

 

 

SAVE YOUR TAX RETURNS !

EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records.  That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc. 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m6guj526

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbotax-online-return-pdf/L8dHfRkpT_US_en_US?uid=m78eb8pc

In order to transfer a past year return to the new return you need the tax file

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-turbotax-online-return-tax-data-file/L4xwOG3LF_US_en_US?uid=m6guk3xl

 

NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.

 

Level 15
Jun 17, 2025 9:40:14 AM

How and why is the IRS asking? Are you sure it's really the IRS? It seems unlikely that the IRS would be asking for a 1040-A or 1040-EZ seven years after those forms were eliminated. The IRS normally will only contact you by a letter in the regular mail. If you got an email, a text, or a phone call it's a scam.


In another post you said that the IRS is asking for a Schedule B. Is that request in the same letter as the request for "1040A/EZ/SR"? What else are they asking for, and why? It's not clear what's going on. Is this all about your 2014 tax return or an earlier year? Did you file a tax return for the year in question, or are they asking because you did not file? If you did get a letter in the mail from the IRS, what is the notice number or letter number at the top right, starting with CP or LTR?