2024 return e-filed and accepted using desktop deluxe. PC crashed and both data file and return copy lost. Can they be recovered from TurboTax online?

johnmabrey73 · ‎April 02, 2025

2024 Form 1040

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If you used desktop software downloaded/installed from a CD to your own computer, then the tax files are stored locally on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive. They are not stored online. If you cannot recover them due to a hard drive failure, etc. you can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30 an actual copy of your tax return.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

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2024 return e-filed and accepted using desktop deluxe. PC crashed and both data file and return copy lost. Can they be recovered from TurboTax online?