After a natural disaster, taxpayers may need records to help them prove their disaster-related losses. This may be for tax purposes, getting federal assistance or insurance reimbursement.
In many cases, these records may have been destroyed in the disaster. However, not all hope is lost as people can often reconstruct records or get copies of important documents after a disaster.
Tax return transcripts
Taxpayers can get free tax return transcripts by using Get Transcripts on IRS.gov. They can also call 800-908-9946 to order them.
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