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Can i use turbo tax to file unfiled taxes during covid?

I filed taxes in 2022 and 2023 but did not file 2020 or 2021 can TurboTax help me?
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Can i use turbo tax to file unfiled taxes during covid?

Sorry it's too,late to start a 2021 online return or use the mobile app, either on Turbo Tax or the IRS. And too late to efile 2021.  If you need to do 2021 you can buy the Desktop download here,

TurboTax 2021 Prior Year Tax Prep - File Past Years' Taxes

You will need a full Windows or Mac to install it on.

 

If you have a simple return and want to file for free you can fill out the forms by hand.  Here are some basic forms.....

 

Here is the 2021 1040 return

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2021.pdf

 

or if you want bigger type use 1040SR for Seniors,

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s--2021.pdf

 

2021 1040 Instructions

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2021.pdf

 

2021 EIC and Tax Tables

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040tt--2021.pdf

 

Child Tax Credit form 8862

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8862.pdf

 

 

Schedules 1-3

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s1--2021.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s2--2021.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s3--2021.pdf

 

Don’t forget your state.  And you will have to print and mail your returns.  So be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them.  You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places.  Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.

 

2020 Forms

Here is the 2020 1040 return

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2020.pdf

 

or if you want bigger type use 1040SR for Seniors,

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s--2020.pdf

 

2020 1040 Instructions

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2020.pdf

 

2020 EIC and Tax Tables

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040tt--2020.pdf

 

Schedules 1-3

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s1--2020.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s2--2020.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s3--2020.pdf

 

Can i use turbo tax to file unfiled taxes during covid?

Just so you have realistic expectations----any refund shown on a 2020 tax return has been forfeited.   The IRS will not pay it.   It is not too late to get a tax refund for tax year 2021.   If you did not get the stimulus money for 2021 you can use the recovery rebate credit in Federal Review to get the stimulus money if you were eligible in 2021 but did not receive it.    If someone else could claim you as a dependent for 2021 you are not eligible for the credit.

 

 

When you mail your past year returns, use separate envelopes; do not try to combine them in the same envelope.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
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