How to File your Income Tax Return Without Your W2

Why wait when you can file your income tax return without your W2 form? Follow these steps to get your money ASAP! If you are expecting a refund from the IRS read on to discover how you can file your income tax return without your W2.

Step1
Get Your Paycheck Stubs Get Your Paycheck Stubs The first thing you will need to do in order to file your income tax return without your W2 is gather your final paycheck stubs for the previous year. Your last paycheck will contain the vast majority of the information that is reflected on your form W-2.

Step2
Find that Federal Tax ID Number! Find that Federal Tax ID Number! The next thing that you will have to do is obtain your company's federal tax ID number or employer information number (EIN). If you have worked for this same company for several years you should be able to get the tax ID number from last year's W2. If this is a new job for you then you will have to go through a couple of extra steps.

The easiest way to get this number is to ask your employer for it. If your employer won't play along, and some absolutely will NOT, then you will have to look it up.

Step3
Use Your Brain Power & Outsmart Your Selfish Employer! Use Your Brain Power & Outsmart Your Selfish Employer! For some reason some companies are not willing to release their federal tax ID number. I really do not know why because they have to provide it on the W2. So, it's not as if this number is some huge secret! Sorry, I had to vent there, anyway -- the first thing you will have to do is to point your browser to feinnsearch.com. *All clickable links are listed in the "RESOURCES" section below.

Step4
Jump Through the Hoop! Jump Through the Hoop! Just as the URL suggests, feinsearch.com will allow you to complete a federal employer tax ID search. There is a catch though, you will have to register, and then only your first five searches are free. This should be no problem unless you have had more than five jobs in the last year. In that case, you will need to use a different EIN look up service -- I have listed a couple of choices in the "RESOURCES" section - they both work relatively the same way.

Step5
File Your Taxes & Get Your Money! File Your Taxes & Get Your Money! Once you have registered and followed their instructions to get your Federal Tax ID number, you will be all set to begin to file your income tax return without your W2. Head over to H&R Block.com and proces your tax return ("RESOURCES"). If you are eligible to file for free BE SURE TO DO JUST THAT!

Good Luck!