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posted Jun 7, 2019 3:27:56 PM

How do I EXPORT a Turbotax file to my documents folder?

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Level 15
Jun 7, 2019 3:27:58 PM

Where is it now?  Turbo Tax Desktop saves both the .tax files and pdf files in your Documents then in a Turbo Tax folder.  Find your Tax file in Windows
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900721-find-your-tax-data-file-in-windows">https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900721-find-your-tax-data-file-in-windows</a>

If you have the file somewhere else like in OneDrive or on a flash drive you can just select it and drag it to Documents.  Or open your return in the program and go to File-Save As or Save to PDF.

Level 15
Jun 7, 2019 3:28:02 PM

I recommend keeping at least the last 4 year of tax returns  to your hard drive as a PDF well as backing up the tax data file for each year to a removable storage medium.  You'd need that if you ever were to lose data and needed to amend your return.

Here are links to instructions:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1912466-how-do-i-save-my-return-as-a-pdf-in-the-turbotax-for-softw...

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1912403-how-do-i-back-up-my-tax-file-in-the-turbotax-cd-download-s...