I have been using TT for 20yrs and every year this is an issue. I have a moderately complex situation and there are many carry forward figures each year. In year-end planning in November and December the new forms are not completed and don't work together so I use the prior year's software under the assumption that most tax rules will be similar from year to year.
Unfortunately, I have to override many items to account for my carry forward information. Additionally, I try to estimate the next years taxes in a similar fashion. My suggestion is that TT could create a program that takes the output of file of TT and format it to the file format of the input for that year's software. This simulated/pseudo file could be then fed back into the software for the current year(naturally the file would be ID'ed appropriately). The initial load would give results under the assumption that nothing changed, but minor adjustments from there would easy. This could be used for current year end planning as well as estimates for next.
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TT desktop already has a "What If" feature.
Part of the problem is that TT must wait until the IRS (and the states) approves TT's versions of the tax forms before they can release them,which often does not happen until at least January. In addition, there are sometimes tax law changes made by Congress and/or the state legislatures at the very end of the tax year.
If you have the desktop version, you can always go to the File tab and do a save as and rename the file to something else, then change whatever data you want to make a test return
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