@IES wrote:
The only solution that I now see is to reject all updates or use another tax program. And save everything to an external drive.
After I install TurboTax each year, the first thing I do is configure the updater preferences to turn off the automatic download of updates. Then when I launch TurboTax each time, I can choose whether or not to check for an update, or I can do a manual "check for update" at any convenient time if I wish to. You may already know this, but here's the way to configure an option: on the main TurboTax opening screen, click on ONLINE up in the top menubar, and then in the dropdown menu choose "Updater Preferences."
Backup your data file somewhere safe before you do a program update. When I'm preparing my return, after every work session I save a backup copy of the *.taxYYYY data file to an external drive, such as a thumb drive or portable drive--just in case. Then after filing season I also archive a backup copy of the final data file on an external drive. In addition to the data file, I also save the return as PDFs for easy viewing of the return throughout the years. I save two PDFs--one PDF of the return "as filed" and a PDF of the return that includes all the worksheets.
