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since you prepared your 2023 on desktop, the only xxxx.tax2023 file was on your laptop. with a PDF very little info is imported. Turbotax does not have a copy of any tax file prepared with desktop software. Also, the tax file cannot be transferred to online.  

symbol KKR converted from a partnership to a corporation in 2018 so 2018 would be the last k-1 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/private-equity-firm-kkr-convert-104823793.html    if it the K-1 is not on the Tax Package Support website you can try to find its website and then go to investor relations 

How to Access prior year online returns https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/00/27010 If you can't get the side menus to open up to access the prior year..... You need to start entering some basic Personal Info in 2024 for the side menu to open up. Just continue a little ways into 2024. I had to go though about 12 screens. If you used the Desktop CD/Download program then the only copy is on your computer and not saved or stored online. So you need to make and keep your own backups. Or request a transcript from the IRS https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript Or get a copy of your return using form 4506 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

Oh are your or your spouse over 65?  Did you file a 1040SR return instead of the plain 1040? You can't transfer a 1040SR pdf.   How to Transfer from a pdf into the Windows Desktop program https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/can-i-transfer-last-year-s-pdf-into-the-turbotax-for-windows-cd-download-software/00/27259 You can Transfer a PDF into Windows Desktop if your 2023 PDF is a 1040 return generated through TurboTax, H&R Block, or TaxACT software (Form 1040-SR is not supported for PDF transfer). Be aware that in some cases TurboTax won't be able to read the PDF, for example if it's password-protected or is a scanned copy of a PDF instead of an actual PDF file.

How come you have the pdf file and not the .tax2023 file?  Did you only make a backup of the pdf file?  Or how did you get the pdf file?  If you scanned your return to make the pdf that won't work.  You need the actual pdf file made by the program.  Turbo Tax also saves the .tax2023 file.  If you don't have the main .tax file you might have one that starts with a Tilde sign ~ like "~your name.tax2023". That file is if your computer crashes or your real file gets lost or deleted or corrupt so you can restore it.   Also the pdf file won't help you very much even if it transfers from it.  The pdf only transfers your name, address, ssn and AGI, not anything else like depreciation.  You might as well start a new 2024 file and enter everything by hand if you don't have the .tax2023 file.  

I prepared my 2023 with Turbotax installed on my desktop (home and business). Unfortunately, I don't have access to that laptop anymore. When I filed online, it saved my taxes to a pdf file which is what I'm using. 

@ dibbeena1 wrote: I'm trying to upload my 2023 pdf tax file into turbotax home and business 2024 and I get an error message saying file is too big. I don't have the 2023*tax* file, I only have the pdf. I also don't have to last years tax software to go back and save the taxes as 2023*tax* file. I did try saving the pdf file without the *extra* pages but I still got the same error.   Please help, it would be very painful for me to re-enter all the information manually. Appreciate your help. thankyou.    How did you prepare the 2023 return?   If you don't have the 2023 TurboTax software, was your 2023 return prepared in Online TurboTax?  i.e., what is the source of the 2023 PDF?  We may be able to tell you how to get your *.tax2023 data file once we understand more about your situation and how the 2023 return was prepared.

If the 2018 return was prepared online, and if you want to know how to find and download a copy, we can tell you in this forum how to do so.   For help by phone TurboTax Support hours are 5AM-5PM Pacific, Mon-Fri this time of year. FAQ: What is the TurboTax phone number? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number/00/25632

when you got the check, the IRS regards it as you having received the income regardless of whether you cash the check or not. under current tax law there does not seem to be a way to get a deduction for the uncashed check.