How do you print out a DRAFT of your 2019 Federal return in order to review (by page) with your 2018 return? Before filing.

[vakhtang]

Are you using the online version? I'm not sure you can do this. One of the reason I buy the old fashioned version.

You might be able to print out some worksheets but not the actual forms.

[DoninGA]

To view or print the complete tax return before filing you will need to pay the TurboTax account fees.

To pay the TurboTax online account fees by credit card, without completing the 2019 return at this time, click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Then click on Print Center. Then click on Print, save or preview this year's return. On the next page, to pay by credit card, click Pay Now. The next screen will show a review of your Fees, click on Continue. Complete the next screen to pay by credit card and click Continue.

[mesquitebean]

There are a couple of things you can do.

You can view the Form 1040  and schedules 1-3 for free at any time during preparation prior to paying and filing.  For printing privileges, however, you will have to pay in advance.  See the second option I offer you below which will allow you to print more pages prior to filing.

  Here's how to do a preview for free without printing:

• Open your return, and in the left menu column, choose TAX TOOLS, then choose TOOLS.
• In the Tools window, choose View Tax Summary.
• When the Tax Summary opens, look in the left menu column and choose Preview My 1040.
• That will show you the Form 1040 and schedules 1-3.

Or you can pay in advance to view/print the Form 1040 and all forms and any worksheets prior to filing.  Here's how:

• Open your return, and in the left menu column, choose Tax Tools, then Print Center.
• Then choose "Print/save/preview this year's return."
• On the next screen choose to "Pay now".
• The next screen should be an Order Summary.  Review that, and if all is OK, click Continue.
• It should then prompt you for payment by credit or debit card.  The screen only says "credit card", but it will take a debit card.

At some point in the process a screen should offer you some options:  "Just my tax returns", or "include government worksheets (optional)", or "include government and TurboTax worksheets (optional.)"

NOTE:  If it should offer you the option to "pay later" out of the Federal refund, that can't be used for this purpose.  You will need to pay now by credit/debit card in order to download/print prior to filing.