After you file


@ fanfare  wrote:

TurboTax used to have an option "Print return for mailing"

I don't know if they still have that option or something similar.


 

In Online TurboTax that's only an option in the File section of a current 2021 return.   It's also possible to choose a PDF of "just the return" in the Print Center of a current 2021 return.  But this is not a 2021 return.  User said it is a 2020 return, and there's no way to get to a 2020 Print Center to have a choice of PDFs.

 

User is referencing a 2020 return, and since he/she is surprised at the number of pages, I suspect user is accessing a PDF of the 2020 return at the Tax Home that contains all the worksheets and summary pages.

 

@ mthw732 

You wrote:  " the only thing i need to do is print the return and mail in the papers to the state of CA"

 

You only mentioned a California state return, and not the Federal.  Did you already file the Federal return previously?

If you have a PDF with all the worksheets and summary pages, many of the pages are for your information and your records and are not to be filed.  You only need to send CA your return pages and whatever else they require (I'm not familiar with California).  Many states also require that a copy of the Federal return be enclosed with the state return.

 

Look in your 2020 PDF for a page called Filing Instructions.  There may be such a page for the Federal return and one for the CA state return.   See if the Filing Instructions have the "file by mail" instructions for your state return.

 

Or you may be able to find the 2020 CA return instructions on the California Franchise Tax Board website, and it likely has the "file by mail" instructions in it.

 

Otherwise, you can either wait and see if someone familiar with CA returns sees this thread and can tell you what all CA wants you to send, or you can phone TurboTax Support for assistance.

 

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