Caution: The Get Transcript Service is for individual taxpayers to retrieve their own transcripts for their own purposes. Use by any other entities is prohibited.

You can get various Form 1040-series data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="082a08c2-db57-4ad2-90a8-c82946b2eca8">transcript types online or by mail. If you need your prior year Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) to e-file, choose the tax return transcript type when making your request. To find out how much you owe or to verify your payment history, you can data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2587138d-ebc2-4787-8b10-13cb2fc1e3ed">view your tax account.

The method you used to file your tax return, e-file or paper, and whether you had a balance due, affects your data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ab2459a5-6aa9-41f1-8366-424e9092732a">current year transcript availability. Note: If you need a photocopy of your return, you must use data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="45726c64-3505-4b45-8f91-9838d8de375a">Form 4506.