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Tax forms gone

spyle64 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:43:06 GMT

I have used Turbo Tax many years. I have 2020 and 2021 on this computer. I installed 2022 and tried to import returns from 2021 and nothing happened. I opened 2020 and 2021 and there are no returns in either year. Where did they go and how do I get them back?

Re: Tax forms gone

MichelleLO — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:48:14 GMT

Please see the below TurboTax Help articles for assistance with locating your tax data file.

For the import issue with your 2021 return, please see the solution provided in this link.

Re: Tax forms gone

spyle64 — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:46:42 GMT

They are not on my computer. They are totally gone!

Re: Tax forms gone

VolvoGirl — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:50:59 GMT

On Windows or Mac?

Did you search your whole computer for all files ending in .tax2021? And check the recycle bin and your backups. Check in One Drive, etc. it should be in your Documents then in the Turbo Tax folder. Also if you have multiple Windows user accounts, log into each one and do the search for the *.tax2021 data file from within each one and checking the Recycle Bin in each one.

If you don't have the main .tax file you might have one that starts with a Tilde sign ~ like "~your name.tax2021". That file is if your computer crashes or your real file gets lost or deleted or corrupt so you can restore it.

Don't know if this will help any Turbo Tax users but one Quicken user found them......

What I found was that my Quicken Data files ended up in the One-drive Recycle bin. Not sure how, but I found them there. I placed the files back onto the laptop and brought the files into Quicken and now have all my data back.