If you prepared previous tax years on your computer in desktop software (CD/download), the returns will not be visible to your Online TurboTax account. They are stored locally on your computer or any external storage media.
If you have the *.tax2017 data file from last year on your computer, we can tell you how to upload it to transfer the 2017 data into a 2018 online return.
If you are used to using desktop software, you may or may not like the Online product. Here are some differences:
In Online TurboTax you can only prepare 1 Federal return per account per year. The desktop product can prepare multiple Federal returns with up to 5 Federal efiles.
In Online TurboTax a state return is an extra 44.99. Several desktop products include a state program. In the desktop product there is a 24.99 fee to efile a state return (no fee for New York), and no fee if you choose to print and mail the state returns.
The desktop product has the popular Forms Mode for viewing/printing/editing forms during preparation. The Online products do not have that feature.
