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How do I retrieve three returns filed last year that I accidently deleted?

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/

 

Start the 2023 online tax return by entering some personal information then click on Tax Home on the left side of the screen.

 

On the Tax Home webpage -

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 $30 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

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How do I retrieve three returns filed last year that I accidently deleted?

Did you file the returns with TurboTax Online or with the CD/Download TurboTax software? How exactly did you delete them?


It's not that easy to delete a tax return in TurboTax Online. It's unlikely that you deleted three returns accidentally. If you filed three returns in TurboTax Online, each one should have been in a separate account.


If you used the CD/Download software and deleted the returns from your computer, see if the deleted files are in the Recycle Bin (in Windows) or in the Trash or Bin (on a Mac).

 

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