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If you are on Windows you might need to update Windows OS first.  Or just closed then re-open Turbo Tax and it should automatically update or ask if you want to check for Updates.  Unless you turned that off.  Why do you need to update?  Maybe something you  are  trying to enter isn't ready yet, then updating won't help.  

Please read my entire message carefully before responding. I am not asking for TurboTax Canada support, and I am not being redirected there for help. I already stated—clearly—that the Canada link is an example showing that a prior-year Desktop download repository exists in Canada. That is precisely why I am asking this question. My question is, and has always been: Does an equivalent official download repository exist for TurboTax USA Desktop prior-year installers (similar to Canada), and if so, where is it? I am showing the Canada link as a precedent, not because I need to use it. The Canada site is obviously Canada-only, which I already acknowledged. Telling me to “go to TurboTax Canada” does not answer the question and misses the point entirely. I explicitly stated: I am looking for a USA download location I am not asking about purchases I am not asking about support windows I am not asking about activation guarantees I already have PDF backups This question is about installer availability, nothing else. If you do not know whether a TurboTax USA prior-year Desktop download repository exists, please allow a moderator or someone with accurate information to respond rather than posting an unrelated or redirecting answer simply to reply. Many users here are also searching for legitimate past-year software downloads, and an accurate answer would benefit the community. Thank you.

TurboTax has removed the Desktop editions from most partner portals, including Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard, and others. Partners now only get access to: TurboTax Online versions (Free, Deluxe, Premier, Self‑Employed) Occasionally a discount on Online add‑ons But Desktop (CD/Download) is no longer included in the partner discount program for 2025. So when you click through Fidelity, TurboTax simply doesn’t show Desktop at all — not because you’re blocked, but because the product is not part of the Fidelity offer. This is consistent with what many users are reporting this year:   Most folks who received this perk from Fidelity, used it to draft complex returns for prep to their CPA, the online version demands interview and forces its own interpretation, not allowing full visibility of the business tax credit application, or even proper adjustment to depreciation.  It is useless for doing any tax planning for future years, or doing what if scenarios.  My point was this product, Premier, is the worst replacement for the desktop version as a perk from Fido.  I have to buy a replacement like Drake Tax or H&R Block to do what I have been able to do for over 20 years with TT.

Did you click that big orange button that said “Transmit my return now?”  If you did that, you cannot do anything to fix it yet.  You have to wait for the email that tells you if your return was accepted or rejected.   Since the IRS will not begin to accept/reject returns until January 26, you are going to be waiting in “pending” for awhile.  Your return is sitting on a server, where you cannot fix  it or get it back.   You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, used a wrong W-2, left out a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.     If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed   The Form 1040X you need becomes available in late February,  But wait until your return has been processed.   @Tristenwerner9325

Many federal and state forms are not finalized---you might be waiting for some forms.     REFUND PROCESSING   https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/charges-and-fees/help/why-can-t-i-deduct-my-turbotax-fees-from-my-refund/00/25621   If your refund is enough to cover your TurboTax fees PLUS the extra “refund processing” fee of $40 ($45 in CA) and your forms are ready then when you are in the FILE section you can choose to have your fees deducted from your federal refund by a third party bank, who will take out your fees and send you the rest of your refund after the IRS issues the refund.    Please make note that if your refund takes too long to arrive (IRS delays, etc.) then you will also be agreeing that the TurboTax fees can be extracted from your bank account even before your refund is issued by the IRS.  This comes as an unpleasant shock to many people every year.      If you can possibly pay your fees upfront using a debit or credit card, it will save you that extra fee and even more importantly, the possible aggravation and delays that are often the result of poor handling/poor customer service by that third party bank.  We see way too many instances where refunds are delayed for months when users choose refund processing. There have been lots of complaints; there are a number of things that can go wrong when you use refund processing.  I suggest avoiding that situation if at all possible.     And....you can never pay state tax due from a federal refund, so do not expect that.   The state tax due has to be paid directly to your state.     What is Refund Processing Service?     How can I see my TurboTax  fees?      https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-account-billing/review-fees-turbotax-online/L1XnIzgzg_US_en_US?uid=m682vq7k         Please see these links for form availability dates Federal form availability   Forms availability  

The Form 8949, Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets for entering investment sales is estimated to be available on 01/14/2026 in TurboTax.  However, since TurboTax updates their software on Thursday's, it would better to check on 01/15/206 to see if the form and section are finalized.   TurboTax website for forms and schedules availability -  https://form-status.app.intuit.com/tax-forms-availability/formsavailability?albRedirect=true&product=Turbotax_online&bu=cg

@Sharon G wrote: When will the date on the 1096 forms on the desktop version get updated to 2025?   Appreciate some acknowledgement that the date on the 1096 form in the upper right still shows 2024 and needs updating.    We don't know the date it will be fixed.   Yes, the date is wrong and needs updating. 

@gameonbusiness This is the TurboTax US user community website. Go to this TurboTax Canada website for assistance with a Canadian tax return or the TurboTax Canada editions - https://turbotax.community.intuit.ca/turbotax-support/en-ca

To enter Social Security benefits reported on form SSA-1099 Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business) Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Retirement Plans and Social Security On Social Security (SSA-1099, RRB-1099), click the start or update button   Or enter ssa-1099 in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to ssa-1099