Tax Return Copy - Tax Return Transcript
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Tax Return Copy for Tax Year 2009:
If you have already prepared and efiled your 2009 Tax Return on efile.com, sign in to your eFile account and click the link on the left under "Your Return". Your completed return will be listed as a PDF file, ready for you to print or download.
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Tax Return Copy for Tax Year 2008:
If you efiled your 2008 Tax Return on efile.com and need information from your tax return, please go here.
Tax Return Copy or Transcript (If You Did NOT Use efile.com)
Any taxpayer who did NOT prepare and efile on efile.com may request a copy or transcript of a prior year tax return from the IRS. Transcripts are free and provide most of the information you will ever need from an old tax return. Full copies of a tax return provide more detail but will cost you $57.00.
Tax Return Transcripts: A transcript provides taxpayers with a computer-created record of their tax return which includes most of the line-items as filed with the IRS, including any accompanying forms and schedules. The transcript does not reflect any changes the taxpayer, his/her representative, or the IRS made after the return was filed. To obtain a tax transcript either call 800-829-1040 or complete and mail Form 4506-T, Request for Transcript of Tax Return to the address listed on the form. You can have the tax transcripts mailed to a third party if you specify this on Form 4506-T; both consent for the disclosure and your signature are required. Transcripts cannot be sent to a third party if your request is made over the phone. The tax transcript is free.
NEW OPTION: Quick Tax Return Transcript: As part of the government's Making Homes Affordable program, the IRS has issued a new short form to make it easier to request a transcript of your tax return. This streamlined form is aimed at those taxpayers who are trying to refinance a mortgage and quickly need a copy of their tax information, but the form can be used by anyone who filed a 1040 last tax year: Form 4506T-EZ, Short Form Request for Individual Tax Return Transcript.
Tax Return Copy: For the actual copy of an IRS accepted tax return you will need to complete and mail Form 4506, Request for Copy of Tax Return. Please include a $57.00 check made payable to "U.S. Treasury".
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