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Many of us are switching from TurboTax due to the Windows 11 update mandate, so you are not alone.  I would like to know which new company everyone is using, other than TurboTax.  I really hate that I am switching and not using Intuit, but we must take a stand at some point!   

Many of us feel exactly the same way.  I am not buying M-11, and I am actually very sad to be leaving INTUIT after Decades of utilizing Turbotax.  But I think we have to take a stand against these companies forcing us to to update our computers with their software.    Microsoft is losing for certain, but Intuit wants to lose as well.

You do not mention why it was rejected; most rejections are for AGI.   You only needed AGI in order to e-file, and e-filing is now closed.  The only way to file your 2024 return is by mail.   It has to be printed, signed and dated in ink, and mailed to the IRS (and state if you have a state return.)     When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.  Use a mailing service that will track it, such as certified mail so you will know the IRS/state received the return.   Federal and state returns must be in separate envelopes and they are mailed to different addresses.  Read the mailing instructions that print with your tax return carefully so you mail them to the right addresses.    

The  Refund Advance loan won't be available until after January 1 and just when you are ready to file.  Then you don't get it until AFTER your efile is Accepted by the IRS.  The IRS usually won’t start accepting returns  until late January. https://turbotax.intuit.com/refund-advance/

You can no longer finish your 2024 tax return in TurboTax Online. TurboTax Online is only for the current tax year, which is now 2025. To finish your 2024 tax return you have to use the desktop TurboTax software for 2024. If you started your 2024 tax return in TurboTax Online, go to the following link for instructions to complete it. How do I finish a prior-year return that I started in TurboTax Online? Tax returns for past years cannot be e-filed. You will have to print your 2024 tax return, sign it, and file it by mail.  

The  Refund Advance loan won't be available until after January 1 and just when you are ready to file.  Then you don't get it until AFTER your efile is Accepted by the IRS.  The IRS usually won’t start accepting returns  until late January. https://turbotax.intuit.com/refund-advance/

Strange how their competitors are up and running their software to do year end tax planning. Of course they cover their tracks saying it’s for planning and updates may be coming. But TT could and should do the same thing. It’s very disappointing that the market leader is now a follower. 

This answer assumes your previous returns were prepared in Online TurboTax.   Any return prepared in desktop TurboTax will not be in an Online account.  Here's how one would normally find past-year online returns and how to troubleshoot for multiple accounts (User IDs) if necessary.  Many people end up with more than 1 account.  The pathway to download the PDF or tax data file depends on whether or not you have started an online 2025 return.  I provide both scenarios below, so choose which one is appropriate for your situation.   If you have not yet started a 2025 online return: Sign in to your account.   What you see next depends on whether or not you have already started a 2025 return in that account.   If your left column menu is minimal, and does not have a Tax Home tab displayed, that would imply you have not started preparing a 2025 return in that account.  If you haven't yet started a return, it will start asking you some questions.  Answer those preliminary questions on a few screens (you don't actually have to prepare a return), and then when you are far enough into the process, the left menu column will change, and you'll then see a Tax Home option in the left menu column.  Do not click the Documents tab.  Instead, click on Tax Home.  Then on the Tax Home screen, scroll way down to the bottom to "Your Tax Returns & Documents".  Expand that section and choose the past year you want.   If your past returns are not shown there, then you likely have multiple accounts and signed into the wrong one.  I'll tell you below how to troubleshoot.   If you have already started a 2025 online return: Log in, and if you've already started a 2025 return in that account, then it may already open at the Tax Home.  If not, click the Tax Home tab in the left column menu.  Do not use the Documents tab.  At the Tax Home scroll down and expand "Your Tax Returns & Documents."   If the past returns are not there, see the steps below.   If you do all that and can't find the past return, here's how to look for multiple accounts: You can have up to 5 accounts that use the same email address for notification purposes.  A User ID may be an email address, but it doesn't have to be.  It might be only part of an email address, or it can be anything at all.   To get a list of your User IDs, reset password, and recover account access, etc., you can use the tool at the link below.  When using the Account Recovery tool, try using your phone number first if you can still access it.   After that, if necessary, then run the tool on your email address(es) you can access. NOTE: Before running the account recovery tool below, log out of all Intuit accounts including this user forum, or you might end up in a loop.  Then clear your browser Internet cache, close your browser, then reopen it, and go to the link below.  You may wish to copy this link so you can paste it into the new browser session. https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery If still no luck after running that on your phone number you can still access and email address(es) that you can access,  here's another method:          Go back to the tool again, but this time leave the data field blank, scroll down a bit, then choose the small blue link that says "Try something else", and it will look you up by other parameters.

I agree. It's 12-21-25 and you can't do any tax planning as several functions are still not updated such as charitable contributions, 1099R income and other 1099 income. You would think they would have all the tax law information by now and be able to update their software. I have been using turbotax for decades. This maybe the last year!

Please explain in detail what you are doing.   I suspect you are trying to transfer the 2024 data into a new 2025 return.   How are you attempting that?  What screen has the "continue" button you refer to?       You do NOT try to open the *.tax2024 data file.  We can tell you more about the transfer process once we understand your situation.     Start by making it clear if your 2025 product is desktop software or Online TurboTax.    If you are using desktop software, is it for Windows or Mac?      How was the 2024 return prepared?  i.e., was the *.tax2024 data file prepared online in your account, or was it prepared in 2024 desktop software and resides on your computer?