[BTAYLOR6016]

I did not file my taxes for the years of 2006 and 2007. In 2006 I earned very little income and in 2007 earned none. I have tried contacting the employers for 2006 to get w-2's but have had no success. Is there a way to find out what they filed for me? I am currenlty working overseas to get my financial future together. But first I have to fix my past. Also what type of penalties and fees am I looking at for filing my taxes late.

[ebaines]

You do not need to file if your income if you had no income, so it would seem you do not need to file for 2007. As for 2006 - do you know what your gross income was? You say it was "very little" - if you are single you do not need to file unless your income exceeded $8450, or $16,900 if you are married and filing jointly. If your income was less than this there's no need to file; however you may still want to if you are due a refund. If you made more than this then you must file; the amount of any interest or penalties will depend on the amount of tax you owe for that year.

Your employer should have sent you your W2 for tax-year 2006 in January 2007 - if you can't find it the only way to get a copy is to ask your employer for it.

[AtlantaTaxExpert]

BTaylor6010:

There is another alternative.

Call the IRS at 215-516-2000 and ask for your tax transcript for 2006 to be mailed to you. This is a FREE service, and the transcript should have the W-2 information you need. It will take about 2-3 weeks to get to you.

With it, any competent tax professional can use 2006 tax software to produce a useable W-2 from the W-2 masque in the software to produce your federal return. Contact the local U.S. consulate office for a list of U.S. tax preparers at your foreign location.

Unfortunately, the W-2 information in the tax transcript does NOT have the state tax withholdings, so you will need to call the state for the state-equivalent tax transcipt.