No tax or personal information is ever sent to TurboTax until you e-file and then it is encrypted for the IRS to read.
Because the IRS releases new forms when they are ready and TurboTax has no way to know what forms you will need, then if there is an update TurboTax simply checks if there is an update.
If there is an update and it is not applied then the tax return might not be accurate and taxpayers would blame TurboTax for NOT applying the update when there was one - damned if they do and damned if they don't.
**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**
