Wait Stop! If you are in the Online version it is only for 2022 now. You can't do 2021 online. 2021 is now the prior year and you can't efile it.
If you need to start 2021 you can buy the Desktop download here,
TurboTax 2021 Prior Year Tax Prep - File Past Years' Taxes
And you will have to print and mail your returns. So be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them. You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places. Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.
Then when you file for 2022 you need to enter 0 for the 2021 AGI since you are filing 2021 late.
If you have a simple return and want to file for free you can fill out the forms by hand. Here are some basic forms.....
Here is the 2021 1040 return
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2021.pdf
or if you want bigger type use 1040SR for Seniors,
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s--2021.pdf
2021 1040 Instructions
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2021.pdf
2021 EIC and Tax Tables
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040tt--2021.pdf
Schedules 1-3
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s1--2021.pdf
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s2--2021.pdf
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s3--2021.pdf
Don’t forget your state. And you will have to print and mail your returns. So be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them. You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places. Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.
