Delete last year's return

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
June 4, 2019
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Last year (tax year 2017), I started working on my federal return using TurboTax but then decided to file it myself. The information in TurboTax for tax year 2017 is therefore incomplete and inaccurate.

This year (tax year 2018), I decided to file with TurboTax. However, the inaccurate/incomplete information from tax year 2017 is still available in TurboTax, even though I never filed it using TurboTax. Even worse, this inaccurate/incomplete information shows up in a "5-year history" when I download/preview my 2018 federal return.

I just want to delete it and don't see any reference to it in my 2018 federal return!

TurboTax Premier Online

Best answer by VolvoGirl

Well you cant delete it from your account. You could start fresh with a new online account. Or There is a tricky way to clear out transferred info in the Online version. But doing this will also clear out all your entries. Go to Tax Tools > Tools > Transfer from your computer > Continue > then Continue without transferring.

VolvoGirlAnswer

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libsofAuthor

Level 2

Argh, I can’t believe they can’t add a delete button. I have already filed for an extension and paid for TurboTax Premier using this account, so I can’t just create a new one. Or can I and the purchase and extension will get transferred?

ObrutMooz

Level 2

Great post- my question exactly. If TurboTax wanted to make the tool ACTUALLY usable by real people because this is a real situation for lots of people, just let us go back and edit the prior tax year by entering our 1040 values that we ended up doing on our own to synchronize our records. We all have our reasons, make the tool flexible for real life.