Can Greenback Help Me File My U.S. Tax Return If I Don’t Have All My Income Records or Pay Slips?

Yes. Missing or incomplete income records are one of the more common situations Greenback helps with, especially for expats who’ve been abroad for years or who’ve worked through foreign employers, contractors, or platforms that don’t issue U.S.-style W-2s or 1099s.

How the process typically works:

• Guidance on retrieval: Your accountant tells you what’s needed and where to request copies (employer, foreign payor, bank, prior tax preparer, IRS Wage and Income Transcript)
• Upload what you have: Gather what you can find and upload it through the portal
• Reconstruction: Greenback works with reconstructable records like bank statements, contracts, foreign pay slips, invoices, and exchange-rate documentation
• Defensible filing: Your return is built on a defensible basis with clearly documented assumptions where exact figures aren’t recoverable

Greenback files an accurate, IRS-defensible return with whatever information is available. You don’t need a perfect paper trail to get started.

If your missing records are tied to back-year filings, see late tax return preparation.