The Internal Revenue Service offers online tools that let taxpayers instantly access tax transcripts and certain records for ...

Don’t panic if your IRS transcript says “No Return Filed.” Timing issues, processing delays, or the specific transcript type you selected may be the real reason.

Quick Take: What Is a Tax Transcript and Why Do You Need One? In short, a tax transcript shows basic data and line items such as adjusted gross income, AGI, or other taxable income, as well as FICA ...

Learn which situations may require an IRS tax transcript, along with how to request your tax transcript, and how to interpret it. Do you need information from a tax return you filed three years ago ...

While it's a good idea to hang onto your tax returns after you file them, there's another recourse if you don't have access to actual copies of your return: the tax transcript. A tax transcript is a ...

Most accounting professionals will tell you to retain a copy of your federal tax return for at least three years, since you never know when you might need it. You might, for example, need a copy of ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continues to take steps forward in efforts to protect taxpayer data. Two years ago, the IRS moved to provide more privacy for individual taxpayers; now, beginning on ...

The IRS recommends that you keep tax records for at least three years from the date you filed your original return, and longer for special situations. You may need copies of your tax returns for tasks ...

Plan ahead. That's the advice from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this year. As tax season approaches, IRS is advising taxpayers to plan ahead when requesting copies of any tax transcripts. If you don ...

You probably heard about the massive security breach the IRS disclosed recently that allowed hackers to get detailed tax return information on 104,000 taxpayers. But you might not have connected that ...

In an era of unceasing horror stories about breaches of sensitive consumer information, here’s some disquieting news for homebuyers: Federal auditors say the popular “tax transcript” program run by ...