| IRS Form 4506
(.pdf) can be used to
request copies of previously filed IRS tax returns or tax form W-2 only. The IRS cannot provide
copies of information returns such as tax form 1099. IRS tax form 4506 can also be ordered by calling
1-800-829-3676. There is a charge of $23.00 for a copy of the
IRS tax return for each tax
period requested. The IRS also provides tax return transcripts and copies of
tax form W-2 at
no charge. An IRS tax return transcript shows most line items from the original
tax return,
including accompanying IRS forms and schedules. It does not reflect any changes you or the IRS
made to the original tax return. Tax return transcripts of IRS form 1040, IRS
form 1040A, or IRS form 1040-EZ are
available for tax years after 1991.You may request a tax return transcript by telephone,
by personally visiting your local IRS office, or by using IRS form 4506.
Once you complete the IRS form 4506, mail it to the IRS service center where you originally
filed the tax return. The same IRS form 4506 can be used to request tax returns for up to four tax
periods from the same IRS Service Center. However, you must use a separate
IRS form 4506 for each IRS Service Center from which you are requesting tax information.
After the tax return request is
filed with the IRS, you should allow up to 60 days to receive copies of tax returns, or 10 work days for an
IRS tax return transcript.
If you need the prior year's tax return for information to file this year's IRS tax return, and
you find that April 15th is near and you have not yet received the IRS tax
return copy, you have two
options:
- Get an automatic 4-month
extension of time to file your IRS tax return by sending IRS tax Form 4868
(.pdf) by April 15th to the
IRS Service Center where you will file this year's tax return; or
- File your IRS return by April 15th and change it later on
IRS tax Form 1040X,
(.pdf) Amended U.S.
Individual Income Tax Return.
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