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@user17644055483 wrote: Perhaps it's correct that Intuit is just looking for an excuse to force migration to their "cloud" based tax preparation, but I'll be avoiding that too. I understand and empathize. However, that is simply something that cannot be avoided forever; it will happen eventually in a world where there are few, if any, alternatives.

Normally, I grant a lot of latitude for dumb decisions, and could get over the loss of this functionality. The reason I am switching is that you don't pull such a product 1.3 months before the year is over!! You say, "We'll pull the product in October 15, 2026, so you can complete the 2025 tax cycle."    I have been using QB since 1989 and TT for many years, though not as long, and mapped my QBO accounts to TT to lighten the load. Still, the nail in the coffin was abandoning the product mid-tax year. So long, TT.

@ARD58 wrote: ...Microsoft OneDrive still presents challenges.... You don't have to put up with OneDrive. You can even completely uninstall it if you want to do so.   Method 1: Unlink & Stop Syncing (Recommended First Step) Find OneDrive Icon: Look for the white or blue cloud icon in your system tray (bottom-right) and click it (you might need to click the upward arrow to show hidden icons). Open Settings: Click the ? (Help & Settings) icon, then select Settings. Unlink Account: Go to the Account tab and click Unlink this PC, then confirm.  Method 2: Stop Startup & Notifications (To prevent it from running)  Task Manager: Right-click the Taskbar and select Task Manager. Startup Apps: Go to the Startup apps tab and find OneDrive. Disable: Right-click OneDrive and choose Disable to stop it from starting with Windows. Quit: Right-click the OneDrive icon in the taskbar and select Quit OneDrive to remove the icon.   Method 3: Stop Folder Backup (If you want files back on your PC)  Access Settings: Right-click the OneDrive icon and go to Settings. Manage Backup: Navigate to the Sync and backup tab (or Backup) and select Manage backup. Turn Off: Turn off backups for Desktop, Documents, and Pictures to move them back to your PC.    Method 4: Uninstall OneDrive (If you don't want it at all) Go to Settings: Open your PC's main Settings. Apps: Select Apps > Apps & features (or Installed apps). Uninstall: Find Microsoft OneDrive in the list and click Uninstall. 

I haven't used H&R since 2014.  I've used TT for every year from 1993 through 2024 aside from 2014.  When I switched to H&R in 2014, it was able to import almost everything you've mentioned, but as I was not subject to AMT, and had no rental property, I cannot attest to those.  As I've posted here previously, it did import my Schedule C and asset depreciation, but it lost sync on when each depreciated item was initially claimed.  This made more work for me, but I didn't mind so much, because I was protesting TT's reduction in capability for their "Home & Business" product.  Intuit got the message then, and restored the capability the following year (2015), and I went back to them.   I'm still waiting a few more months before I purchase H&R again to see if TT will reverse course on their abandonment of W10.  As others have said, the Windows APIs haven't changed much between 10 & 11, and there's no technical reason to not support 10 and force 11, other than the artificial claim that 11 is more "secure", which is a load of BS because it's actually less secure in that it exports your personal data to OneDrive, sends telemetry to MS about pretty much anything you do, and "Recall" records everything that appears on your screen.   Perhaps it's correct that Intuit is just looking for an excuse to force migration to their "cloud" based tax preparation, but I'll be avoiding that too.

So, I gave in and upgraded to Windows 11 thx to Black Friday deals 🙂  After all that I am still not happy with software companies wanting everyone to keep their data in the cloud or forcing me to fill my taxes online. . Microsoft OneDrive still presents challenges. I can’t pause it indefinitely unless unlink it completely. It also tried to sync all my personal data in the disguise of backing up my new computer. Seems you have to jump through hoops to set it up to leave my documents directory on the local computer.  I seem to be tscreaming into the wind when I try to explain « I don’t want my personal data stored online. Allow me to chose to do my taxes offline and upload the data if I choose to do so «   

@wordsforsale    If it's in your "Online" software account....don't look in the left-side "Documents" selection...That left-side selection tends to be only for documents you 'uploaded" entirely separately, by yourself into that storage site location.   ____________________   Instead make the selection to see the other years select "Tax Home" on the left, then on the rt-side main page...scroll down towards the bottom and there is a selection to see "Your tax returns & documents".   That selection is different and may contain what you need.   IF you don't see  that Tax Home selection there, then you have to start thru the startup of your 2025 taxes for several series of start-up questions, before it (Tax Home) shows up for you to select. ___________________________________

@m12345$$!!6 wrote: Cool ... so the H & R block software does indeed import Turbotax files? Also, NOT "cool" since we only know, for certain, that basic information gets imported from TurboTax.   We do NOT know whether any of the following gets imported:   1. W-2 information from the prior year 2.1099-B information from the prior year 3. Passive loss carryovers 4. Capital loss carryovers 5. Rental property information, including asset depreciation 6. Schedule C information, including asset depreciation 7. Dependent information 8. AMT credit carryforwards   And that's just a partial list. None of that may be applicable to you, but it certainly applies to others who have switched or may consider doing so.   It would be great to get confirmation here, one way or the other, but we don't have that at this point, as far as I know.

The TurboTax Flex loan has been temporarily paused   Go to this website for the TurboTax Flex Loan - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-loan/   TurboTax support FAQ for the Flex Advance Loan - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/loans/whats-turbotax-flex-advance/L2Xg6I...

To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/ Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.

@m12345$$!!6 wrote: Cool ... so the H & R block software does indeed import Turbotax files? @ greyman1952 wrote: I used the PDF import feature, but my return was very basic. I just like e-filing. It can also read the .tax2024 file. but, honestly I don't have a lot of complexity.   Read that carefully, @m12345$$!!6   

Annoying!  Trying to get a headstart.  I already know my income and expenses for my rental unit.  As of 12/6/2025 TurboTax won't let me enter ANYTHING for this year.  I think it said forms would be available in February.  Usually I am finished and have submitted by early February.  This is on top of having to buy a new computer with Windows 11 in order to use the desktop version.  Bah!