For those that uninstalled the TurboTax desktop software or never had it installed in the first place, I found that you can download the older TurboTax software for free from Turbo Tax. I posted about my experience getting data from Form 6251 for a previous year here.
In summary, to download the older TurboTax desktop software:
- Go to the "Tax Home" area of the TurboTax website, then expand the "Your tax returns & documents" section header mid-way down the page.
- Select the tax year (2021 for me)
- Click the button to download the .tax file (if you don't already have it)
- Expand the "Amend (change) 2021 return" section, then click the "Windows" or "Mac" link below the main "Amend using TurboTax Online" button to download the desktop software
- Follow the process to enter shipping/billing info and place the order for the TurboTax 2021 desktop software (it will come out to $0.00)
- You'll wind up with a license code and a download link for the software (Mac for me)
- Once downloaded, install the TurboTax software on your system
- Launch TurboTax, enter the license code, and then open the .tax file that you downloaded earlier
- Then, use the "Forms" functionality to search for and open the form you need
