@ kdrose1 wrote:
Finally found my own solution by taking my pdf copy and entering everything again from 2019 again. Had to make sure every number was exact to reflect what my refund was in 2019. This recreated another .tax2019 file and transfered that to 2020 software.
What a nightmare!
Sorry you had so much trouble. Those were indeed unusual suggestions.
I'll assume you are using desktop software (CD/download).
As a tip going forward: since I see a lot of problems in the forum, I make a backup copy of my *.taxYYYY data file after every work session. I copy the tax data file to a thumb drive, but one can use an external drive, CD-R/RW, etc.--somewhere to have a backup copy--just in case. I also keep backups of the prior tax data files and PDFs on external media/device in case of hard drive crash, file corruption, etc.
