For the 2017 Tax Year I used TurboTax online. At the end I was given the option to save or print. I saved into the only file format they allowed which was .tax2017 and sadly I didn't print a paper copy. In 2022 I needed to view a copy of my 2017 but you can only open it with special Turbotax software that you must pay for twice just to get a copy of your old tax return. That is really a rip off that TT protected my data with their encryption. Anyway I stopped using Turbotax completely starting in 2020 and my new tax preparation service stores your tax return in the cloud for 7 years and prints in .pdf file format anytime you want. It's also 1/4th the price of Turbotax. Now you can create an account at IRS to access rough data about your returns. I use t__hawk . com and It's a no brainer really, I'll never go back to TT.
