The Internal Revenue Service plans to increase the fee for obtaining an exact copy of a previously filed and processed tax return with all the attachments.
Beginning Nov. 1, the fee will increase to $57 from $39 to reflect better the cost of processing the request. Taxpayers or their designated representatives must still complete and mail the
However, the IRS noted that it would still provide a tax return transcript for many returns free of charge. A transcript provides most of the information contained in a tax return and usually includes the information that mortgage companies and other lending institutions require for loan and employment verification purposes.
Taxpayers can obtain transcripts by completing and mailing a