I lost my tax information. What should I do?

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I lost my tax information.

What should I do?

If you have filed a Federal tax return, and are filing your FAFSA, you will be able to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool to get your tax information directly from the IRS when you file your FAFSA.

When you get to the financial part of the FAFSA, you will be asked if you would like to use this option.

There are instructions which guide you on how to use this tool.

If you need to get a hard copy of your federal tax transcript, you can do this by going to the IRS website at irs.gov and click on "Get Your Tax Record" which will take you to the "Get Transcript" option.

You will be able to either download a copy immediately, or have your transcript sent to you by mail.

You will need to create an account on the IRS website to be able to download your transcript immediately.

You may also contact the IRS by phone at 1-800-908-9946 to request a copy of your federal tax transcript be faxed or mailed to you.

Note, you may only order a transcript to be mailed to you if you are still at the same address where you filed your return.

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