Actually for Turbo Tax does require you to do updates or it won't open the file, in our experience over many many years. We download the disk.
Today: Turbo Tax just wiped out ALL of our data from our 2018 return when I was started looking at the using their Amend a Return Process.There was no prior warning. I selected the option to NOT SAVE the changes so I will be on the phone with them this morning. There should be red flags all over the place. We have a backup. What a mess. They require more and more work every year on our part.
Also the 2017 year was entirely glitchy for saving and opening. We realized that again yesterday when we needed to check som data.
I read that the IRS now has a free site where you can access some or more of your returns if you set up an
account. It's not the return but apparently has data from most forms. I will have to look at that.
Can't recommend Turbo Tax anymore.They need pop up windows for some things and some of their
questions don't cover all the possible options so they were on my list to call today anyway.
