If you originally prepared a California state return using TurboTax online, then you should be able to go to your account and download the PDF for “all forms and worksheets.“ Select the pages you need from the PDF and print them out, then sign them and mail them in.
If you previously prepared a federal return only using the TurboTax desktop version, then you should be able to open the return using TurboTax 2018, click “add a state“ and add the California module and only pay for the California module.
If you previously only prepared a federal return using TurboTax online, then you will need to purchase and download a copy of the TurboTax home and business desktop version for 2018, and also download your online data file. When you open the 2018 data file in the 2018 desktop program, you can then add the state module. The desktop home and business version includes federal preparation and one free state. Unfortunately, there is no way to disassociate the two parts of the program to only pay for the state part. You may be able to call customer support and get a price adjustment on the cost of the full download, but that is not something we can authorize on this forum. The desktop home and business version includes federal preparation and one free state. Unfortunately, there is no way to disassociate the two parts of the program to only pay for the state part. You may be able to call customer support and get a price adjustment on the cost of the full download, but that is not something we can authorize on this forum.
