After you file

ADDENDUM  2/24/2020:

This is an OLD thread from 2017 that transferred into this new community forum in June 2019.  Unfortunately, all old threads from the old AnswerXChange were given a date as of the June 2019 transfer.   The original answer below (written in 2017) contains outdated information about 2013 software that  no longer applies at this point in time.

 

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OLD ANSWER from 2017:

 

You can still prepare and file (by mail) a 2013 return.  You can purchase 2013 desktop software as a download from TurboTax at the link below.

https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/

The 2013 return has to be printed and mailed.  It cannot be efiled.

You can even file years prior to 2013, but if you are due a Federal refund, the statute of limitations to get the money is 3 years from the due date of the original return, or extended due date (if applicable.)

So a 2013 return which was due in April 2014, has until this year's  filing deadline in April 2017 to get a refund.  If an extension was timely filed in 2013, one would have until this year's filing deadline in October 2017.

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