If TurboTax "thinks" you were finished, but you aren't, here's how to open your unfiled return back up to continue
working on it and to choose a filing method.
- Log in and at the Tax Home go to the section "Your Tax Returns & Documents."
- Click on that line or the word SHOW to expand that section.
- Under 2018, look for a link "Add a State" and click. (that doesn't really add one; that's just to open the return back up.)
- Once the return is open, you can resume working on your return to make any corrections.
- If you make changes on the Federal side, you may need to
review the screens in your State Taxes as well to be sure the changes
are reflected on that side.
- When finished with the state return, click "Done with State."
- Then go through the REVIEW tab to be sure all is still in order.
- Then go through the FILE tab to choose a filing method, etc.
- If filing by mail, it should prompt you to print the return and filing instructions.
- If efiling, be sure you go all the way to the end to the final screen and click the button "Transmit My Returns Now".
NOTE: Do NOT use this method to open a return to make changes/edits to an
already-filed return (one that has actually been mailed or efiled.)
If you later need to make changes to an already-filed return, you have to
go through the formal amending process, and your return must start off
exactly as originally filed.
