Finish 2017 tax return on line

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need to finish and submit 2017 turbo taxes and I do have order confirmation for payment last year. Now trying to go on line to finish but system wants me to selection my "product" and pay. Don't want to pay again. How can I just finish and send via mail to submit my taxes. I actually have all the forms completed and can print them so what else was necessary to "finish" it last year on line?

TurboTax Premier Windows

DoninGAAnswer

Level 15

The TurboTax online editions are only for tax year 2018.

To access your current or prior year tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the userID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents click on Show. Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)

A 2017 tax return can only be printed and mailed, it cannot be e-filed.

Print, sign, date and mail the tax return to the IRS. Include with the mailed return any forms W-2 and 1099 which have taxes withheld. Go to this IRS website for mailing addresses - https://www.irs.gov/filing/where-to-file-paper-tax-returns-with-or-without-a-payment

There are no penalties for filing a tax return after the due date if filing for a tax refund or there are no taxes owed.

DoninGA

Answer

Level 15

The TurboTax online editions are only for tax year 2018.

To access your current or prior year tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the userID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents click on Show. Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)

A 2017 tax return can only be printed and mailed, it cannot be e-filed.

There are no penalties for filing a tax return after the due date if filing for a tax refund or there are no taxes owed.

cyncynraz

Level 2

I CANNOT ACCESS MY 2017 TAXES NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY. I PAID FOR THEM BUT NEVER FINISHED THEM AND NEED TO DO SO NOW. TURBO TAX SYSTEM CRASHED BADLY LAST YEAR AND NOW WE HAVE TO DOWNLOAD SOME TAX. FILE TO ACCESS 2017 AND I'VE TRIED AT LEAST 100 TIMES TO NO AVAIL. I HAVE THE PDF VERSION WITH ALL OF THE TURBO TAX HYPERLINKS WHICH WE GET AFTER WE PAY FOR THE SERVICE BUT I NEED TO ACCESS THE ACTUAL TURBO TAX FILE I WAS WORKING ON ONLINE AND NO MATTER WHAT I DO IT WILL NOT WORK.

DoninGA

Level 15

@cyncynraz

If you were using the TurboTax online editions for tax year 2017 and did not complete the return, then you will need to have the 2017 TurboTax software installed on a personal computer and the tax data file from the online edition to complete the tax return.

If you paid for one of the 2017 online editions of either Plus, Deluxe, Premier or Self-Employed then you have access to all prior year online accounts through October 2019. Provided that you are signing onto the online account using the exact same User ID used to create the prior year account.

To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the userID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents click on Show. Click on the Year and Click on Download .tax file

To open the 2017 tax data file that was download, you need to start the TurboTax 2017 program software installed on your personal computer. Click on the File menu at the top left of the program screen. Click on Open Tax Return. Browse to the location where you download the tax data file which has a file extension of .tax2017