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If your accounts meet the criteria for reporting, you will receive the appropriate tax documents from us. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires us to report certain information regarding the amount of interest, dividend or miscellaneous income, or gross proceeds from sales our customers receive from us, as well as certain mortgage interest our customers pay to us. We use specific forms, such as IRS Forms 1099 and 1098, to annually report income and interest paid.

Check out our tax form delivery dates to find out when your documents will be ready, then log in to the Tax Center in the Wells Fargo Mobile® app.

You may have the option to set your delivery preferences for how you would like to receive your tax documents depending on the types of accounts you have. To update delivery preferences for your tax documents, sign on to Wells Fargo Online®.

Wells Fargo generally mails original tax documents no later than January 31, or by the IRS deadline of February 15 for brokerage accounts. Depending on the postal service delivery, you can usually expect to receive your tax documents by the third week of February or by the end of February for brokerage accounts. If you don’t receive your tax documents by then, please call us at 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557) or 1-866-281-7436 for brokerage customers.
You can view your last statement(s) of the year to determine if you have earned $10.00 or more in interest, dividends, or distribution(s) from retirement accounts. You may not receive a 1099 form if the amount is less than $10.00. Note: Certain lines of business may provide information under the IRS reportable threshold of $10.00 as part of a Consolidated Tax Package if other reportable information over $10.00 is present.

IRS Form 1099R reports a taxpayer's distributions from pensions, annuities, IRAs, insurance contracts, profit sharing plans and other employer sponsored retirement plans.

You may receive more than one IRS form 1099-R, because distribution information on each form is limited to one account and one distribution code.

Your contribution will be reported on IRS form 5498.
  • Log in to the Wells Fargo Mobile® app to ask Fargo, your virtual assistant, your Tax questions.
  • Checking, Savings, or CD (Time Account): 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557)
  • Destination ®  IRA (Retirement CDs and savings accounts eligible for FDIC insurance): 1-800-BEST-IRA

    (1-800-237-8472)

  • Mortgage: 1-800-357-6675
  • Home Equity: 1-866-820-9199
  • Small Business: 1-800-225-5935
  • WellsTrade ® : 1-800-TRADERS (1-800-872-3377)
  • Wells Fargo Advisors Full Service Brokerage Accounts: Contact your Financial Advisor or call 1-866-281-7436

Online Tax Documents

Yes, as long as you are the primary owner of the account, you can view electronic copies of your tax documents through Wells Fargo Online at your convenience. For security reasons, tax documents are available for online viewing only by the owner of the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) associated with the IRS reporting. (However, co-borrowers have online access to mortgage and home equity tax documents beginning with the 2015 tax year.) 

  • Checking, savings, brokerage, mortgage, home equity, and trust accounts: Sign on to Wells Fargo Online.
  • Brokerage customers: You may not have access to all of your brokerage tax documents on Wells Fargo Online. Visit Wells Fargo Advisors for access to all of your brokerage tax documents. Select Statements & Documents, then Tax Docs/1099s.

Log in to the Tax Center in the Wells Fargo Mobile app.

You can access up to seven years of tax documents online and in the mobile app. Here's how:

From your mobile app:

  1. Log in to the Tax Center in the Wells Fargo Mobile app.
  2. Select Menu, and then Statements & Documents.
  3. Select Tax Documents.
  4. Choose your Account and Tax Documents/1099s as the Document Type and Tax Year.

From a desktop computer:

  1. Log in to wellsfargo.com
  2. Select “Accounts” in the main navigation, and then “Statements & Docs”
  3. Select “Tax Documents”
  4. Choose your Account and Tax Documents/1099s as the Document Type and Tax Year
Some tax documents may be available online earlier than others. All applicable IRS-required tax reporting documents will generally be available online on or before January 31 or by mid-February for brokerage accounts.
You will still receive a copy of your tax document in the mail if the delivery preference for your eligible account is set to “Mail.” If the delivery preference for your eligible account is set to “Online,” you will not receive a paper copy in the mail and your tax document will be viewable only through Wells Fargo Online. To update delivery preference options for your tax documents, sign on to Wells Fargo Online.
We issue tax documents to the primary account owner. For security reasons, tax documents are available for online viewing only by the owner of the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) associated with the IRS reporting. (However, co-borrowers have online access to mortgage and home equity tax documents beginning with the 2015 tax year.) If you are the secondary signer or joint account owner for all other account types, you can contact 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557) 24 hours a day for a duplicate copy.
If you are the secondary signer or joint account owner, you can contact 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557) 24 hours a day for a duplicate copy. If you are co-borrower on a mortgage or home equity loan or line of credit, sign on at Wells Fargo Online.
We issue tax documents to the primary account owner — in this case, the business. For security reasons, tax documents are available for online viewing only by the owner of the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) associated with the IRS reporting.

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Availability may be affected by your mobile carrier’s coverage area. Your mobile carrier’s message and data rates may apply. Fargo is only available on the smartphone versions of the Wells Fargo Mobile® app.

Online Statements require Adobe® Acrobat® PDF reader. The length of time Online Statements are available to view and download varies depending on the product: up to 12 months for auto loans; up to 2 years for credit cards, home equity lines of credit, and personal loans and lines of credit; and up to 7 years for deposit accounts, home mortgage accounts, and trust and managed investment accounts. The length of time the specific product statements are available online can be found in Wells Fargo Online® in Statements & documents. Availability may be affected by your mobile carrier's coverage area. Your mobile carrier’s message and data rates may apply.

Wells Fargo and Company and its Affiliates do not provide tax or legal advice. This communication cannot be relied upon to avoid tax penalties. Please consult your tax and legal advisors to determine how this information may apply to your own situation. Whether any planned tax result is realized by you depends on the specific facts of your own situation at the time your tax return is filed.

The Wells Fargo Tax Center and all information provided here are intended as a convenient source of tax information. This information is general in nature, is not complete, and may not apply to your specific situation. You should consult your own tax advisor regarding your tax needs. Wells Fargo makes no warranties and is not responsible for your use of this information or for any errors or inaccuracies resulting from your use.

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