Well because those are the rules that TT set up for prior year storage ... When does access to my prior-year TurboTax Online returns expire?
EVERYONE needs to be an adult and save a paper copy OR PDF of the return for their own records and stop relying on a third party to do it for them. Before computers you would keep a paper copy of the return (usually the one you did in pencil before copying the final info to the forms you would mail in or you got a paper copy from the tax preparer you used. It is no different now ... it is ultimately your responsibility to keep your own income tax records. The fact that TT has limitations is their prerogative and complaining about it will not change that situation.
Now if your prior year returns are locked you will be able to unlock them sometime this week when the 2019 program goes live ... you will need to start your 2019 program and pay for at least the PLUS version.
