You need to use the TurboTax online version and start your 2020 income tax return. Once your information has been transfered, you can not save your 2020 .tax file to your computer and open it using your 2020 CD/Download version.
To use the TurboTax CD\Download software to continue your 2020 return:
- Sign in and open or continue your return.
- Select Tax Tools and then Tools from the left menu.
- In the Tools Center pop-up, select Save your 2020 return to your computer.
- The file will download with the name taxReturn.tax2020.
- (Optional) Locate the downloaded file and change the default filename to something more recognizable, for example JohnDoeTaxReturn.tax2020 (just make sure you don't change the filename extension to the right of the dot).
Your online return is now saved in a format can be opened in the TurboTax software.
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