I've used Turbotax for going on 20 years. Tax year 2020 things got a little more complicated, or so I thought, so we had someone do our taxes for us. Big mistake. It really wasn't all that hard and we paid a lot of money. Expensive lesson learned. Now I'm back but we have a break in our tax returns. I can't import anything from 2020 because we didn't use Turbotax last year. The main trouble I'm having is rental house depreciation that was already in place. This will be the third year for one rental, the second for another, and the first for the third. The third doesn't bother me because it's the very first year and it will be easy. The first and second rentals have nothing to pull from though, concerning initial cost, depreciation, etc., since I'm not importing, and I don't see a way to fill in that information so that we get the correct deductions & depreciation amounts. A friend suggested buying a cheap version of Turbotax Premier 2020 for $25 off ebay and "recreating" our tax return from last year as it was filed, then I can use that to import and start this year's. It sounds like it could work but it also sounds like a lot more work than should be necessary. Is there any better way to come back to Turbotax after a one-year break and have everything restart correctly?
Thanks.
