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New Member
posted Jul 11, 2020 3:03:03 PM

Turbotax is saying i need to mail in my tax return. I dont have a printer, and the facilities are closed cause of covid. What do i do?

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Expert Alumni
Jul 11, 2020 3:18:15 PM

Put the PDF of your tax return on a memory stick (thumb drive) and take it to a place like Kinkos or a CopyMax or any retail printing shop where they should be able to print it for you (for a fee, of course).

 

In fact, in some places, you may be able to send the file online to the print place - ask.

 

Note that you want it printed in black and white (even if the PDF has color in it) - this is much cheaper per page than printing in color, and the IRS doesn't need the color.

New Member
Jul 11, 2020 3:24:24 PM

You can download it to a thumb drive or email the return to a nearby Staples or Office Depot or other such facility and they will print it for you.  You must then go to pick it up.  If trust is an issue, take or send it to a friend or relative.  You can always go to this other house, access your file and print from there.

Level 15
Jul 11, 2020 3:29:26 PM

@cheyn7  Why do you need to mail it?  Maybe we can help you fix it to efile.