If you are using the Turbo. Tax desktop CD/Download editions, any tax data files or saved PDF’s are normally stored in Documents and in the Turbo, and tax folder.
Some have found that if I get rid of this computer before next year how will Turbo tax find my records? Should I store them in Dropbox? If you use the CD or download Turbo. Tax software, your tax files are stored wherever you save them on the computer that you use.
Where is my information saved in TurboTax for 2020?
When you save your information in the CD/download edition of Turbo. Tax for tax year 2020, the information is stored in a file with the extension tt20. For example, if Darcy Doe uses Turbo. Tax to complete their 2020 tax return, the information is saved in the Darcy. , and tt20 file.
You might be thinking “Where does TurboTax save my tax return?”
By default, Turbo. Tax saves tax files in the My Documents Turbo, and tax folder. After locating the path to the tax file on your computer, open your tax return using the same version of Turbo. Tax for that year. For example, open your 2020 return in the Turbo. Tax 2020 program and your 2019 return in Turbo, and tax 2019. Lost or misplaced your CD or download?
What is the tax data file in TurboTax?
In other words, after you enter your information in Turbo. Tax and save it, Turbo. Tax creates a file on your computer with the extension tt YY, where YY represents the last two digits of the tax year. We refer to this file as the tax data file.
Where are my TurboTax 2017 tax returns?
In Windows the default location is the My Documents\Turbo. Tax folder, but you could have saved them somewhere else. The tax returns data files for 2017 have the file name extension .tax2017.
Where are my tax files stored on my computer?
If you use the CD or download Turbo. Tax software, your tax files are stored wherever you save them on the computer that you use. In Windows the default location is the My Documents\Turbo. Tax folder, but you could have saved them somewhere else.
How do I open a tax file prepared in TurboTax?
A .tax file can only be opened in the Turbo. Tax CD/Download software. Because it’s stored locally on your computer, we can’t retrieve tax data files prepared in the Turbo. Tax CD/Download software.
This begs the inquiry “How do I open my 2018 tax return in TurboTax?”
After locating the path to the tax file on your computer, open your tax return using the same tax-year version of Turbo. Tax (for example, open your 2018 return in the Turbo. Tax 2018 program, not Turbo. Tax 2017). Lost or misplaced your CD or download ?