@rickwolfe wrote:
what do you mean that i have to pay first before i can review my return. i bought the program so i alread;y paid
The answer above wasn't for you. It is from last year concerning the then-current 2023 return. It was for a different user who was using Online TurboTax last year. So one has to be careful when reviewing old forum threads and different product versions. Online users normally pay at the end of preparation with their product during the filing process, while desktop software users buy the program first.
If you're using desktop software for your 2024 return, you can go into Forms Mode at any time and view any of the (now) 2024 forms you wish to do so. You can even print/save various PDFs. There is no fee to use Forms Mode or view/print/save PDFs, etc.
If you want to view your 2023 return, however, it depends on how it was prepared. If your 2023 return was prepared in 2023 desktop software, then you have to have either the 2023 PDF you may have saved and which doesn't require the 2023 software, or the *.tax2023 data file (along with the 2023 software to open it) on your computer. If you prepared the 2023 return online, we can tell you how to get a prior-year online return.
