Help Topic: Copy of return request

Topic: Copy of return request

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Beginning with Tax Year 2006 customers, 2nd Story Software made income tax returns accessible to view and print for all TaxACT Online (Over The Web) customers.

Customers that are eligible to view/print a copy of their income tax return in .PDF format for 2006 must have:

Filed their return either by paper or electronically.
Their primary filing User Name, and Password*.

* - You may reset the password by clicking the "Forgot Your Password" link below in the Related Links section and following the on screen instructions.

Customers that are eligible to view/print a copy of their income tax return in .PDF format for 2006 & 2007 must have:

Their Username and Password*.

* - You may reset the password by clicking the "Forgot Your Password" link below in the Related Links section and following the on screen instructions.

Note: If you are accessing your previous years return for the first time since October 15 of that particular tax year, you will be required to pay the DAS (Data Archive Service) fee if you did not choose to add this service and pay for it at the time your tax return was completed.

To log in to a previous years tax return created at TaxACT Online please use the link below:

Access Prior Year Returns

Desktop Users and Preparers: If you utilized our desktop software to create and file your income tax return or other's returns, we are merely the creators of the medium that you use to interact with the IRS. You will need to request a copy from the IRS if you are unable to obtain one for yourself through the desktop software installed on your PC.

If you created your return through one of our desktop versions, you will need to access the software on the computer that it was created on, and print it out. If the return is no longer available on the computer, to retrieve your prior year's tax return you may do one of the following:

Contact the IRS toll free at 1-800-829-1040
Complete Form 4506-T Transcript of Electronic Filing at no cost
Complete Form 4506 Copy of Income tax Return

Online Users: You may still access and print a copy of your return for the current year only if you utilized TaxACT Online. To do this, simply sign in with your Username and Password by clicking on the link below labeled "TaxACT Online Login Page".

We recommend that you save your return on a diskette or hard drive and also have an additional back up copy for your protection.

Please Note: 2005 returns are no longer accessible online with TaxACT.