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Level 2
June 1, 2019
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My 2107 tax return is saved in a zip file. I try to open it with the. 2017 software that I used to file it and it tells me it is the wrong year or another error.

  • June 1, 2019
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Level 15
June 1, 2019

That's because the 2017 TurboTax software cannot recognize your file, since it cannot open a .zip file.  You'll have to unzip it first and then find the data file, which ends in the *.tax2017 extension.  And then the 2017 software should be able to open the data file.

Does your .zip file have the data file in it?   Hopefully, it's not just the PDF of your return.  You'll need the *.tax2017 data file to open in the 2017 software.
Level 2
June 1, 2019
I unzipped it, and it spits out an executable file and an XML