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posted Aug 11, 2025 1:10:39 AM

im looking for my 2917 tax return

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Level 15
Aug 11, 2025 6:14:11 AM

Do you mean 2017?   The IRS and TurboTax save returns for seven years; after seven years, they are gone.   The IRS might still have a transcript for 2017 which is not the same as the Form 1040, but it will show the information.

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

 

Level 15
Aug 11, 2025 9:05:56 AM

always save a pdf of each year's returns. best is to save a copy on your personal computer and a second copy on a removable drive. Many threads on this forum about drives going bad making the returns unrecoverable so having a copy on a second drive is advisable.  Another reason is that Turbotax only supports the current and 3 prior years tax files.  After the filing season officially ends for a year, shortly after it ceases support for the 3rd prior year. After that the 3rd prior year tax file can no longer be open