134 form question.

[Ron and Rhea 42]

I am done with the form actually and I have everything ready to send to fiance, however I have a question on the fed tax form 1040 ....I've read on here where some people have sent a few years of returns, some have sent the past year only. I have 2010 available, but trouble locating the previous years....I have my pay stubs, my 401k statements, letter from employer, etc....and as I said, my 2010 W2 and 1040, and I have my 2011 W2s but won't be filing for while longer.

thanks in advance.

[LeftCoastLady 441]

You can order tax return transcripts from the IRS: http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=110571,00.html

[Ron and Rhea 42]

Thanks, so are you saying you do need more than one years return? The two years prior to 2010 I used a tax service that charges 15.00 to retrieve returns, its not expensive but if I don't need to get them then why go through it...

[LeftCoastLady 441]

From what I've been reading on VJ (I lurked for a few months before finally signing up), most tend to send the past three years. You can order the transcripts from the IRS for free from their website (see link I posted earlier). It will take a couple of weeks to get them, but you won't have to go back to the tax prep group.

[Pitaya 2,577]

Tax transcripts are the way to go. I ordered 2010, 2009, and 2008 a month ago. I had forgotten that I had ordered them from IRS. One day I go to the mail box and YIKES!!!, I saw the three envelopes from the IRS..... I thought that I was in for the BIG AUDIT. Thankfully, it was just the tax transcripts that I had ordered!!!

Good luck.

[Ron and Rhea 42]

ok, thanks, but in order for time, as we are at interview time, I will just pay the 15.00 and download them from the tax online software I used. Thanks though guys.