Copied below is TedChee's informative email from last year re requesting w-2g confirmation from the IRS. I'm adding brief comment based on my experience this year:
Ted outlines three means for a request. Of these, I found "online" ineffective.
The necessary transcript includes w-2 detail, and can be obtained via a "Wage & Income Transcript". You can request this by phone (as he notes, typically not available until late summer), Or by mailed form request.
However, I couldn't find this transcript available by online request; the only transcript requests I located were a "Return Transcript" (details content of a filed return) and an "Account Transcript" (details any liability and subsequent payments/adjustments). Neither will detail w-2g's for an unfiled return.
Aside from this minor "detour", TedChee's post is both helpful and appreciated!
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, TedChee@... wrote:
>
> One of the reasons I never make the April 15th filing date is I want to
> make sure that my 1099s & W-2s match what the IRS has so I wait till they get
> their run (used to be around Sep, this yr it was Jun) & have them print
> out copies for me. Usually every yr, I have at least one item that IRS
> doesn't have (I include it anyway) but sometimes there's one that I didn't have.
> Like last yr, IRS had 4 W-2s from Peppermill that all were $20 or less. I
> asked IRS if I should include it because these were obvious errors by
> Peppermill (probably left off 2 decimals when typing it). They said to include it
> to avoid any flags.
>
> Anyway, I learned that IRS has a system to obtain forms which is accessed
> online or phone call.
>
> 1. Online:
> a. _www.irs.gov_ (http://www.irs.gov)
> b. Click on ORDER A TAX RETURN or ACCOUNT TRANSCRIPT
>
> 2. Call 800-908-9946 & follow prompts
>
> 3. Mail - IRS form 4506-T or from 4506-T-EZ (Request for Transcript of
> Tax Return)
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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