Where do i find my agi on turbotax

When prepare and eFile your 2021 tax return, your 2020 Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) is used to validate your identity and to sign your return.

Attention: Did your IRS Return get rejected by the IRS even though you did enter the correct 2020 AGI?

The number of 2021 Tax Return rejections by the IRS - not eFile.com - has increased this year over previous years, even though the 2020 Adjusted Gross Income amount was entered correctly by the filing taxpayer.

Problem: The IRS has rejected your return - not eFile.com - because the 2020 Adjusted Gross Income - AGI - or self selected PIN you entered as an identification method on your 2020 Tax Return does not match IRS AGI records. Another reason, why your return got rejected could be because you entered the question on whether you filed a 2019 return incorrectly.

The IRS not eFile.com rejects returns, we are here to help you get this resolved.

2020 AGI Solution: Sign into your eFile.com account: click File on the left side menu, and follow the on-screen prompts until you reach the screen asking you if you filed a 2020 tax return last year: select Yes or No. Then, click the green Continue button, and enter the correct 2020 AGI as listed on your 2019 Tax Return in the box on the next screen. In case you have done all this already and you still get rejected please read the following.

Step 1: DO NOT just keep submitting or re-eFiling your 2021 return over and over again with the same 2020 AGI amount expecting different results. After a certain number of attempts the IRS will or might stop accepting your return being e-Filed and/or lock your account.

Step 2: Option 1: Instead of entering your 2020 AGI dollar amount enter 0 - as the number zero - as your 2020 AGI and re-eFile. You might think entering 0 is incorrect, however correct is what the IRS has on record, even though your 2020 AGI was NOT 0 or zero.

Step 2: Option 2: Instead of entering your 2020 AGI dollar amount or 0 as your 2020 AGI,  indicate that you DID NOT file a 2020 return by answering NO when asked if you filed a 2020 return or not.

• Keep in mind, the Step 2 options as mentioned above, are simply a reflection on what the IRS might have stored in their system at this point in time. They might not be an actual reflection whether you did or did not file a 2019 return. The 2019 AGI is used as an identification method when e-Filing your 2020 return, thus you are identifying yourself with what the IRS system has on file at this point in time.

Here are three ways to locate your 2020 Adjusted Gross Income, AGI: 

1) If you e-Filed your 2020 Tax Return on eFile.com, sign into your eFile.com account and View and/or download your PDF tax return file from the My Account page. Find your prior-year AGI on Line 11 of your 2020 Form 1040. 

2) If you filed elsewhere and you do have a copy of your 2020 Tax Return, identify the exact form and line number for your AGI: 

    On Line 11 of IRS Form 1040, 1040-SR or 1040-NR.

If you cannot locate your prior-year AGI or your return keeps getting rejected over and over by the IRS for any reason or even if you are 100% certain the AGI entered is correct:

Create a free IRS account and obtain a 2020 tax transcript.

Compare what the IRS has on file with what you have.

In 2021 the IRS announced that a Identify Protection Personal Identification Number or IP-PIN serves as an alternative to your prior your AGI. Instructions on how to obtain the IP-PIN.

Attention: If you mail in your 2021 return be prepared that it might be a very long time until it's being processed due to a backlog of paper return processing. Thus, make sure you exhaust first all of the above options to be able to e-File your return.

If your mailing in is your only option, lease PRINT your return(s) from My Account, sign them, and MAIL it to the IRS and/or state tax agency as the AGI is not required for verification on paper returns. Attach copies of your W-2, 1099 etc. with you return. Do NOT mail your state return to the IRS but to the respective state agency.

Make sure to get it postmarked before April 15. Find the correct mailing address to use at https://www.efile.com/irs-mailing-addresses/. Contact us with questions: https://www.efile.com/tax-service/contact/efile-contact/

The IRS uses your AGI from the year prior as a method identity verification. If there's a discrepancy between your 2021 tax return and your 2020 AGI as recorded by the IRS, your tax return won't be accepted. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that several taxpayers are seeing tax returns rejected this year due to incorrect 2020 AGIs.

The big problem stems from the IRS backlog of unprocessed tax returns. Some 2020 tax returns haven't been processed yet, and in many cases, the IRS doesn't have a taxpayer's last year's AGI to match with this year's return. The IRS advises tax filers whose prior year's tax returns are still unprocessed to enter $0 for last year's AGI.

Read on to learn more about how to enter your AGI on your 2021 electronic tax return, regardless of your filing or tax return status for 2020.

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What is AGI, and how is it determined?

Your total gross income includes all of your wages, salaries, dividends, interest, gambling winnings, retirement distributions, unemployment benefits -- all of the money you bring in.

Your adjusted gross income equals all of that money minus income adjustments such as alimony, student loan interest payments and health savings account contributions. These income adjustments are not the tax deductions that determine your overall tax burden; they are deductions to your income that set the standard level at which you can be taxed.

If you have adjustments to your gross income, you will record them in Part II of IRS Form 1040 Schedule 1. The IRS offers a thorough lesson on these adjustments to income here (PDF).

How can I find my AGI if I don't have last year's tax return?

If you have your tax return from 2020, you can find your AGI from that year on Line 11 of your 1040 form. 

If you don't have last year's tax return, don't worry. Even though the IRS recommends keeping your tax returns for three years, you can also find that information on the IRS site using an online IRS account.

Creating an online account at the IRS website requires registering with ID.me, an identity verification service that has attracted attention lately for its facial recognition requirement via "video selfie." To address privacy concerns, ID.me recently introduced the ability to skip the video selfie, but you will still need to provide your driver's license and other personal information to create an ID.me account that is authorized for the IRS.

After you've created an account and logged into your IRS account, click View Tax Records and then the big blue button marked Get Transcript. On the next page, select Adjusted Gross Income from the drop-down list of reasons for needing a transcript, leave the Customer File Number box blank and hit Go.

On the resulting page, select 2020 under Return Transcript, which will spawn a PDF file showing a breakdown of your 2020 tax return. Scroll down to the bottom of the Adjustments to Income section to find your adjusted gross income for 2020.

If you don't want to use an online IRS account, you can also request a tax transcript by mail or by calling the IRS automated phone transcript service at 800-908-9946.

What if my 2020 tax return hasn't been processed yet? 

Last year was an unprecedented tax season for the IRS -- pandemic-related tax changes and staffing issues created a huge workload that the service is still churning through. In its March 25 operations update, the IRS estimated that it still has 7.2 million unprocessed tax returns.

If your tax return from 2020 has not yet been processed, the IRS says to enter $0 for your AGI on your 2021 tax return.

What if I didn't file taxes in 2021?

If you didn't file taxes last year, there's nothing for the IRS to verify your AGI against to check your identity. However, if you did claim child tax credit payments or stimulus payments using the IRS' nonfiler tool, you will need to include an AGI in your 2021 tax return. 

The IRS says that if you used the nonfiler tool to claim federal payments in 2021 but didn't file a 2020 tax return, you should enter $1 for your AGI on your 2021 tax return.

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