@Critter-3
Well, maybe I summarized it to briefly, or described poorly .... but what I said was trying to be consistent with your (much Better) FAQs on transferring from one year to the next, especially this comprehensive one I've never noticed before:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/entering-importing/help/when-transferring-a-tax-file-what-informat...
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Certainly, I was trying to indicate that even though some types of 2019 data will transfer to 2020, the actual 2019 datafile cannot be opened itself in the Online software, nor will the .tax2019 datafile be stored there as a separate accessible file as part of the transfer. (Ignoring the MyDocs cloud storage)
Thus forms for 1099-INT, -DIV, -OID, many 1099-R and W-2 forms etc used the prior year will be there and filled out as to person and issuer/source...but all $$ info is empty on those. Things like Amortization schedules for various purposes should still be there, with the proper data for personal businesses, and rental properties.
And, Of course, the prior year $$ comparison values will be present on the various menu pages, and in some of the interview sections (with some menu display bugs on 1099-DIV/INT values for the prior year)
I was just trying to indicate that full access to those 2019 files will not be available.
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