<prompt> Human: Hello PFers, Im in desperate need of some guidance. Ill try and keep this as concise as possible.INFO: As the title says, I havent filed tax documents for the past 3 years. During this period I have had an income of 20k not annually, total spread between numerous employers I have an investment portfolio that amounts to approximately 3.5k mostly in blue chip stocks. Currently unemployed, though only for a few months. Actively seeking employment while doing odd jobs and gigs to pay the bills. I am missing a lot of the information I need to file my taxes, but I do have some of my bank statements, W-4s etc. One of my employers filed me as an independent contractor when I was absolutely an employee. Further, I never received tax documents from this employer. I have no way of contacting this person. Thankfully this only applies to 2014. The organization under which I was employed by this person no longer exists. Questions: How where do I begin gathering a complete set of tax documents? How can I be sure that Im not missing anything? Once I have everything together, is there any special process I need to go through or do I just mail my documents to the IRS like normal? Do have any recourse against the employer who unduly burdened me with taxes he was supposed to pay? Dude up and left one day and Ive not been able to contact him since. How fucked am I? Am I going to owe the IRS a butt-ton of money? Will my delinquency have any lasting effects on my credit or be a detriment in any way after Ive set everything right.Fun Fact: If I had just taken the time to handle this shit when I should have like a normal human being Uncle Sam would have cut me a check. In situations where getting out of bed in the morning is considered a major victory things like filling out tax returns seem impossible.If any further info would be helpful I will be happy to provide without doxxing myself of course ;D .Thank you in advance for any assistance you are able to offer, I really do appreciate it.  <response>: I had a similar experience. I made an appointment with the IRS and just told them what happened simply admitted what I hadnt done. They said I had to still file. I said I dont have any of the information or papers. They got them for me. I took all of it home and spent about 3 or 4 hours filling out the required tax forms for the years that I missed. Simple 1040 EZ forms with the information they gave me all my old employers tax forms. I took it back to the office and they sent it all to the Atlanta office. A few weeks later, I got a letter from them saying that all the returns were accepted.Since then, Ive never missed a year and never had another problem or question. All in all, my fear of the unknown was WAY WAY worse than the actual few hours needed to clear it all up. 