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Re:Killing TurboTax by tppiotrowski on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @06:19PM (#26336253)
My employer didn’t send me a W2 this year which caused me to seek another method to access this information. I created an account on irs.gov and was surprised to find a single PDF for each tax year containing W2’s, 1099Ints, 1099Divs that I assume were given to the IRS on my employers/bankers behalf.

Now it would be great for a tax program to ingest this PDF and auto-populate your tax return. Unfortunately no PDF for 2020 exists yet and it says it might not be available until October? I don’t know if generating this PDF is a slow process or if this information is intentionally withheld until after the tax filing date to make sure you are “honest” on your taxes.

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Re:Killing TurboTax by rainyMammoth on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @07:11PM (#26336793)
you made me curious and I logged into the IRS to find those "transcripts". I really cannot tell if they generate that information from your own tax report or if they generate it from what they already got in their own databases.
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Re:Killing TurboTax by tppiotrowski on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:22PM (#26337389)
> Wage and Income Transcript - shows data from information returns we receive such as Forms W-2, 1099, 1098 and Form 5498, IRA Contribution Information. Current tax year information may not be complete until July. This transcript is available for up to 10 prior years using Get Transcript Online or Form 4506-T.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/transcript-types-and-ways-to...

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