INSTRUCTIONS for REQUESTING a COPY of a Form

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internal revenue service irs tax news here's how people can request a copy of their previous tax return irs tax tip 2021-33 march 11 2021 taxpayers who didn't receive a copy of their prior year's tax return but now need it have a few options to get the information individuals should generally keep copies of their tax return and any documents for at least three years after they file so obviously after we file the tax return we want to make sure that we're holding on to the tax return and if we do certain types of things such as want to log into certain things on the irs or discuss things with the irs they may use line items such as the adjusted gross income on our prior year tax return in order to verify our identity so that's one reason we might need those tax returns another reason we might need those tax returns is simply for the tax preparation purposes if you're going to a new taxpayer or something like that or you're trying to file your tax return you may also need that informatio