How To Access Your Official IRS Tax Transcripts Online

Learn how to securely log into your IRS account to retrieve important tax records. This guide simplifies the navigation process, helping you quickly locate and view your tax transcripts for personal or financial documentation.

Sarah Covell
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Navigate to [https://www.irs.gov/](https://www.irs.gov/)

Click "Sign in"

Click "Individual"

If you have already established an ID.me account, use the green button to login. If you need to create an account, use the white button.

Enter your email and password on the next screens.

Click "Submit"

Select how you want to receive the code for two factor authentication and click "Continue"

Click the "Enter the 6-digit code" field, enter your code, and click Continue.

For PDF copies your wage or income documents for the most recent 3 years, click "Information return documents". This will allow you to download exact copies of any W2s, 1099-INTs, 1098s, etc. W2s are especially helpful since they will also contain information about state and local income and withholding.

You'll be able to expand each year. Click on each link to access the document and download your copies of the documents.

If I've asked you to download Transcripts, click "View tax records"

Click "View transcripts"

Account Transcripts are a line by line summary of every action on a tax year by the IRS. It will show any balances due (including penalties and interest), when a return was filed, all payments or credits, all penalties and interest assessed, and the dates of any time sensitive correspondence issued or your resolution status. Wage & Income Transcripts show information about all the income documents received by the IRS for that year- a great way to make sure you're including everything they expect to see for a particular year. They will also show any Federal withholding, but NO STATE INFORMATION, so if you had state withholding but can no longer accsss copies of the documents, you might miss out on getting credit for withholding for any state or local taxes,