How to get copies of past years tax returns

[fabby8717]

I am unable to find my tax return 

[Poil]

How can I get a copy of my electronic tax return for 2020. I acccidently deleted it.

[Tina Geraci]

Hi I did my taxes with TurboTax on March 26th 2021 with Amanda C from Alabama and they need a copy exact tax return 1040 2 identify myself with the i r s. Please help

[ErnieS0]

@Tina Geraci To get a copy of your return see How do I get a copy of a return I filed this year in TurboTax Online?

[Darkjoker81]

Turbo Tax is simply the worst company, i have an accountant now as my taxes require one, so you hold my previous tax returns hostage. I'm aware i can get them from the IRS but that by mail and it takes for ever.

honestly I'm sure there is a law against holding my personal data hostage. I guess ill reach out to a lawyer, looking forward to the lawsuit.

I'll also be personally telling ever person I can to never use your products again and will be leaving negative reviews   every where I can.

Enjoy 

[xmasbaby0]

@Darkjoker81 Your returns are not being held hostage.   Perhaps you just do not understand how to access them or forgot your account or user ID--which is very common.

  You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/270...

Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.

Account recovery

https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery/

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901535-forgot-your-turbotax-online-user-id-or-password

Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901486-how-many-turbotax-accounts-do-i-have

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901535

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901659-find-your-tax-data-file-in-mac

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900721-find-your-tax-data-file-tax-file-in-windows

To get a copy of your previously filed returns prepared with online TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900748-how-do-i-get-a-copy-of-a-return-i-filed-in-turbotax-online

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900748-how-do-i-get-a-copy-of-a-return-i-filed-this-year-in-turbo...

[DoninGA]

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@Darkjoker81 wrote:

Turbo Tax is simply the worst company, i have an accountant now as my taxes require one, so you hold my previous tax returns hostage. I'm aware i can get them from the IRS but that by mail and it takes for ever.

honestly I'm sure there is a law against holding my personal data hostage. I guess ill reach out to a lawyer, looking forward to the lawsuit.

I'll also be personally telling ever person I can to never use your products again and will be leaving negative reviews   every where I can.

Enjoy 

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What?  You can access your prior year online tax returns at any time.

You have to sign onto your online account using the exact same User ID you used to create the online account.

Close all TurboTax windows on your web browser (including this one).  Copy and paste the account recovery website link onto a new web browser window and run the tool.

Use this TurboTax account recovery website to get a list of all the User ID's for an email address.  Run the tool against any email addresses you may have used - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery

If none of the user ID's received will access your account, then use the option shown in blue on the account recovery website, "Try something else"

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.

To access your prior year 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 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)

OR -

You may have to start a 2020 tax return before the links on the Tax Home web page become available.  In that case start the 2020 tax return with the User ID you used for the 2019 return.  Once some basic information has been transferred over, Tax Home should be visible on the left column.  Click on Tax Home and then the other links will be shown as in this screenshot.

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 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)

[Darkjoker81]

Actually they are, I can not do any of those things, when I try it says you didn't file taxes with us this year and do not have access to your returns, please use the IRS to obtain a copy.

Both myself and 2 others have tried and tried, so please tell me again how I don't what I'm doing.

there locked and they refuse to budge , unless I pay for a tax return I don't need i.e blackmail.

Everything you offered and said is straight up lie.

Do you work for Turbo tax ?

Also tried starting a tax return and it would not let me access anything but the current return, tried twice.

[zosnap]

Darkjoker81 I figured this out -- you have to START as though you're going to file a 2020 return using the free TurboTax option (even if you intend to file with a different provider). Once you've accepted that and clicked through a couple of initial screens (I said "No Thanks" to the info disclosure that it pushed at me) you do have access to the download options. I did not have to pay, even though I had seen that "Looks like you didn't file with us last year or you filed using a TurboTax product that doesn't include access to prior-year returns." message earlier which seemed to imply that "access to prior-year returns" was a paid feature.

I'm unclear on whether this is a genuine bug in how TurboTax is managing user state on their site, or just another manipulation tactic to force people in the door (in the hope that once they've invested in the first step they'll just cave and keep using TurboTax...) Either way it's bizarre that nobody on this thread could come up with this very straightforward answer and just decided to pretend we were all using the wrong account instead.

For the record I am taking these documents and leaving TurboTax for good, the constant manipulation and upselling when using the online products is too much.

[luboehle183]

Please send me copy’s of 2019 taxs

[Anag1964]

Can you please send me copies of my last year   Return Can you please send it to my Gmail it's [email address removed] 

[DoninGA]

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@Anag1964 wrote:

Can you please send me copies of my last year   Return Can you please send it to my Gmail it's [email address removed] 

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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 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)

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

[Anag1964]

How can I get copies of 2019 tax return

[DoninGA]

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@Anag1964 wrote:

How can I get copies of 2019 tax return

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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 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)

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

[SR1230]

Copies of my past returns