Here is a work around. I launched the online version, it is free until you file, imported my 2023 return, imported my data from MS (worked twice for two different users, at the same institution, into the same file; this "solved" my problem), exported the online file to the desktop, deleted the online version, finished my 2024 return on the desktop. The online Tax Tool > Tool pop-up has these file manipulation tools. TT still needs to fix the desktop import to truly solve the ISSUE!
