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I bought a new laptop and my 2023 and 2024 Desktop Turbo Tax accounts were transferred to my new laptop.
But when I tried to log into my 2024 Turbo Tax program, it started a new return. How do I get to my 2024 Turbo Tax program. I want to use the What If section.
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Are you using Windows or Mac? Your tax files end in .tax or .tax2021 or .tax2022 or .tax2023 etc. They should be in your Documents in a Turbo Tax folder. You should also have the pdf files of each year. Or search your computer for all files ending in .tax. Also if you haven't done it, I would open each year in the program and save it as a PDF file, go to File-Save to PDF so you don't need the program installed to view or print your return in the future like to get a mortgage or loan, etc.
What I would do is just copy the whole Turbo Tax folder that is under your Documents. That should be where the .tax files and pdf files are stored. Copy that folder to a flash drive or best yet is to burn it to a CD or DVD and then you will have a backup of them. Then on the new computer copy the folder (or files) from the flash drive to your Documents folder.
After you get the program installed the first thing to do before you open your tax return is to update the program and install any state programs you had. Then open your file. So you first might need to start a fake return to be able to download the state program (go to File-New Tax Return).
Then go to FILE -Open and find your return.
See this article on how to move your tax return to another computer…….
You have to copy the .tax2024 file from the old computer to the new laptop, if that has not already been done.
TurboTax will not automatically find tax return files that were copied from another computer. When you start the 2024 TurboTax program on your new laptop, on the first screen you have to click "Find a Tax File" to find the copied .tax2024 file and open it. If you save it in TurboTax on the new laptop, the next time you run TurboTax it will find the newly saved file.
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