If I accidentally deleted my rental property information for 2021 that was carried over for years prior, is there any way to get that back in my 2021 return?

[Dave237]

I checked the box  for "did not attempt to rent this property" since we sold it in January of 2021. It said I should remove the property so I said yes and it removed my entire Schedule E but when I went to home sale that is for primary homes only. Is there anyway to get my schedule E back in my 2021 return with all my carryover depreciation, etc.? We've had that rental property carrying over in TurboTax for years and I don't want to mess it up by trying to take the 2020 printed return and re-enter everything by hand.

[HelenC12]

No, once it's deleted I'm not aware of any way to get it back. However, you could start a new 2021 return, transfer your 2020 .tax file and re-enter your 2021 information. That way, you'll have all the prior years' depreciation without having to manually re-enter your depreciation amounts.

[Carl]

With the online version of the program, the only way to get the rental history back is to clear the return and start over. Only then can you re-import the information anew.

Note that if you have already paid your online TTX fees, then the option to clear and start over is not possible.