Although both the TurboTax Online and TurboTax Desktop are from the same company they operate differently. The Online version maintains you tax return in a secured Online system. The Downloaded desktop version maintains your file on your personal computer.
If you used the desktop version last year and changed over to the Online version this year the file would not automatically populate the new return. This link would help you to transfer Desktop data to the Online version Transfer from Desktop to Online
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