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How can I recover a deleted tax return?


@Balmore89ramos wrote:

where is mine money 


Did you e-file your tax return and was it accepted?
Only the IRS and your State control when and if a Federal or State tax refund is Approved and Issued.

 

You complete your tax return by finishing all 3 Steps in the File section. In Step 3, to e-file your tax return, you must click on the large Orange button labeled "Transmit my returns now".

 

After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.

 

Note - Once a tax return has been Accepted by the IRS or a State, TurboTax receives no further information concerning the tax return or the status of any tax refund.  Only the taxpayer listed on the tax return can obtain the status of a tax refund or a tax return.

 

To check the status of an e-filed return, open up your desktop product or log into your TurboTax Online Account. You can find your status within the TurboTax product.
If accepted by the IRS use the federal tax refund website to check the refund status - https://www.irs.gov/refunds
If accepted by the state use this TurboTax support FAQ to check the state tax refund status - https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899433-how-do-i-track-my-state-refund

 

After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.
See this IRS website for federal tax refund FAQ's - https://www.irs.gov/refunds/tax-season-refund-frequently-asked-questions

Call the IRS: 1-800-829-1040 hours 7 AM - 7 PM local time Monday-Friday
When calling the IRS do NOT choose the first option re: "Refund", or it will send you to an automated phone line.
So after first choosing your language, then do NOT choose Option 1 (refund info). Choose option 2 for "personal income tax" instead.
Then press 1 for "form, tax history, or payment".
Then press 3 "for all other questions."
Then press 2 "for all other questions."
- When it asks you to enter your SSN or EIN to access your account information, don't enter anything.
- After it asks twice, you will get another menu.

Press 2 for personal or individual tax questions.
Then press 4 for all other inquiries
It should then transfer you to an agent.

h61
Level 1

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

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How can I recover a deleted tax return?

@h61 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 $43, an actual copy of your tax return.

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

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

**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.**
h61
Level 1

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

delete

wm16
New Member

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

I need you to send the irs return I e-filed to my email bill_cameron @ comcast.net. Need the 2020 turbotax premier return. Thanks

How can I recover a deleted tax return?


@wm16 wrote:

I need you to send the irs return I e-filed to my email bill_cameron @ comcast.net. Need the 2020 turbotax premier return. Thanks


Please remove your email address from your message.  Anyone could scam you saying they are from TurboTax.

Click on the three dots in the upper right of your message and Edit the message.

 

TurboTax cannot mail or email your tax returns to you.  You can download a PDF of the tax returns yourself.

 

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

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

 

If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.

 

Or go to this IRS website for free federal tax return transcripts - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

For a fee of $43 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

punchj
New Member

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

 

I switched computers and thought everything was backed up but I've lost the 2020 program and I can't get logged back in to reinstalled the program. [email address removed]

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

You can't move programs.  They have to be installed on the new computer.   Did you originally install it from the CD or the download?

 

If you need to download your program…..

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/installing/help/how-do-i-download-the-software-i-purchased-at-turb...

 

Access your downloads here

https://shop.turbotax.intuit.com/commerce/account/secure/login.jsp?pagecontext=download

 

Here's the support article to find the Windows download

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/installing/help/find-your-turbotax-for-windows-software-download/0...

 

 

Janlyn4
New Member

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

I purchased the windows deluxe version software and it was for tax year 2020.

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

Where did you buy it from?  Does it say 2021 on it or 2020?  You buy the same year program as the tax return so if it says 2021 it is for 2021 (not 2020 that was filed in 2021).  Sometimes the year confuses people.

 

Call in and ask to be switched to the right one.  Or get a refund and buy the current 2021 program here,

https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/cd-download/ 

 

Contact Customer Service
5am-5pm Pacific Time
Monday-Friday
https://support.turbotax.intuit.com/contact/

What is the Turbo Tax phone number
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number/00/25632

 

 

 

 

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

I keep reading about the Recycle bin or the Trash file but can't find them on my computer.  Can someone help?

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

What kind of computer?  Windows or Mac?  

AkinaLO
Intuit Alumni

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

If you have the TurboTax CD/Download software, you can try to retrieve your tax data file saved on your computer. This article will show you the steps to recovering your tax data file.

Find your tax data file (.tax file) in Windows

Find your tax data file in Mac

 

 

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Harold12
New Member

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

I can't find my .tax2020 file.

How can I recover a deleted tax return?

If you don't have the main .tax file you might have one that starts with a Tilde sign ~ like  "~your name.tax2020"..  That file is if your computer crashes or your real file gets lost or deleted or corrupt so you can restore it.

 

Find your Tax file in Windows

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-data-file/help/find-your-tax-data-file-tax-file-in-windows/00/...

 

Here's an idea.  Do you still have 2020 installed?  Try opening 2020 program and see if you can get your 2020 return to show up in it.  Go to FILE - OPEN.  Then save it again with a name and place you can find.  Go to File - Save As.

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