CarissaM
Intuit Alumni

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Your tax data file can be read and edited in the TurboTax program, whereas your PDF file is a non-editable "snapshot" of your tax return that can be opened, viewed, and printed in a PDF viewer program.
 If the file you are trying to open In Turbo Tax is a pdf, this could be why the file is causing an error. 

 

To view the difference between a tax data file and the PDF file please visit here: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-data-file/help/what-s-the-difference-between-the-tax-data-file...

 

If you are trying to file a 2019 return, you will need to download and purchase Turbo Tax 2019, as they cannot be filed using an older software program. 

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