<p>I guess this is required by my financial aid. I do not know what it is, really, and so far when I followed some links it says I have to pay $50 or so to get a copy from the IRS. Does my accountant have access maybe to this paperwork, or is there somewhere else I can get it for cheaper?</p>
<p>Is this what you mean? You need to provide more info of who/what is asking for whaever.</p>
<p>[How</a> to Get Your Prior Year Tax Information from the IRS](<a href=“http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=105370,00.html]How”>http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=105370,00.html)</p>
<p>I did FA for my son this past year and never had to pay anyone $50 for anything.</p>
<p>Don’t you keep a copy of your tax return? That is what they want. If you don’t have it, your accountant certainly will. (FWIW it’s a good idea to keep copies of your own taxes).</p>
<p>Most needs for tax return information can be met with a computer print-out of your return information called a “transcript”. A transcript may be an acceptable substitute for an exact copy of a return by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and lending agencies for student loans and mortgages. A “tax return transcript” will show most line items contained on the return as it was originally filed. If you need a statement of your tax account which shows changes that you or the IRS made after the original return was filed, however, you must request a “tax account transcript”. Both transcripts are generally available for the current and past three years and are provided free of charge. The period in which you will receive the transcript varies from within ten to thirty business days from the time the IRS receives your request for the tax return or tax account transcript. </p>
<p>You can obtain a free transcript on the IRS.gov Website ([Internal</a> Revenue Service](<a href=“http://www.irs.gov%5DInternal”>http://www.irs.gov)) by clicking Order a Transcript under the Online Services option, or by calling 800-908-9946 and following the prompts in the recorded message, or by completing and mailing a request for a transcript to the address listed in the instructions. </p>
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<p>We had our students call the toll free number & press 0 until they got a live operator. They would ask to have the tax transcript faxed, which the IRS does immediately. They won’t fax to a non-secure fax number, like OfficeMax or some other place you would pay to receive the fax. We had the students give them our financial aid fax number.</p>
<p>If you submit a tax transcript, it has to be signed - so if it is a parent return, a parent must sign it.</p>