@xxxalaskan wrote:
5 digit
Are you asking about your 5-digit Self-Select PIN from last year to verify your efiling? If so, you're not required to use your 5-digit Self-Select PIN from last year. See the following explanation:
When efiling, there are a couple of places where TurboTax might ask you about a 5-digit PIN. In the section where you verify your efiling, TurboTax may ask you to provide either the 2020 AGI or your prior-year Self-Select PIN. Many, if not most, people use the 2020 AGI instead; i.e., you can choose the AGI field and use the 2020 AGI and leave the PIN field blank.
However, if you're asking about a later screen (may be titled "Signature ID") that asks you for a 5-digit PIN and also has your birth date and today's date, that screen says to use "any 5 digits of your choosing." In that field you can either use the same PIN as last year (for those who still have it), or you can make a new one. Whatever you enter there can be used again next year.
That being said, if you DO want to try to find your 5-digit Self-Select PIN from last year, you may be able to retrieve it if you have a full PDF of your 2020 return that includes the worksheets, or can download one from your Online TurboTax account if you used the Online version last year. Look for a worksheet called "Federal Information Worksheet", and the PIN should be near the bottom of that worksheet.
