My 2016 Income Tax return was on my laptop that was dropped & the information was not retrievable or accessed. Does this effect filing my 2017 Income tax using Turbo Tax?

[kennethhettich]

2016 Income Tax return was completed using Turbo Tax on my laptop. I dropped my laptop and ruined my hard drive, therefore none of the information is retrievable or can be accessed. I do have a hard copy of my 2016 return. How does this effect my filing my 2017 Income Tax return?

[TomYoung · Accepted solution]

Well, you'll have to type in some information that might have been transferred over from the 2016 income tax return,  like your name, address, etc., maybe reenter some 1099 payer information and the like.  In the main it's not a real big deal.

You'll want to review the 2016 income tax return for dollars that should have carried over to the 2017 income tax return, things like capital loss carryovers, accumulated depreciation and so forth, if you have any.  You will have to type those things in and, generally TT will ask about such carryovers.

Tom Young