https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-laptop-hard-drive-crashed-i-made-no-pdf-or-paper-hard-copy-how-do-i-get-a-copy-pdf-of-2022-taxes/01/3400615#M1252059 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:57:09 GMT Sambo321 2026-02-11T10:57:09Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-laptop-hard-drive-crashed-i-made-no-pdf-or-paper-hard-copy-how-do-i-get-a-copy-pdf-of-2022-taxes/01/3400615#M1252059 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:57:09 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-laptop-hard-drive-crashed-i-made-no-pdf-or-paper-hard-copy-how-do-i-get-a-copy-pdf-of-2022-taxes/01/3400615#M1252059 Sambo321 2026-02-11T10:57:09Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-laptop-hard-drive-crashed-i-made-no-pdf-or-paper-hard-copy-how-do-i-get-a-copy-pdf-of-2022/01/3400619#M1252060 <P><SPAN>If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created. &nbsp;TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Or go to this IRS website for free federal tax return transcripts -&nbsp;<A href="https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript</A></P> <P><SPAN>For a fee of $30 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 -&nbsp;</SPAN><A href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf</A></P> Sun, 03 Nov 2024 13:26:41 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-laptop-hard-drive-crashed-i-made-no-pdf-or-paper-hard-copy-how-do-i-get-a-copy-pdf-of-2022/01/3400619#M1252060 DoninGA 2024-11-03T13:26:41Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-laptop-hard-drive-crashed-i-made-no-pdf-or-paper-hard-copy-how-do-i-get-a-copy-pdf-of-2022/01/3400625#M1252062 <P>Even if you had a PDF of your 2022 tax return, you could not transfer the information into 2023 TurboTax. You can only transfer information from the .tax2022 data file, not from a PDF. So you will have to start your 2023 tax return as if you did not use TurboTax for 2022, and enter everything manually.</P> <P><BR />In the future, keep backup copies of the .tax20<EM>yy</EM> file and the PDF of your tax return on a removable storage device such as a USB flash drive, or in an online backup. When you use the desktop TurboTax software, you are responsible for backing up your files.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:14:11 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-laptop-hard-drive-crashed-i-made-no-pdf-or-paper-hard-copy-how-do-i-get-a-copy-pdf-of-2022/01/3400625#M1252062 rjs 2024-11-03T15:14:11Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-laptop-hard-drive-crashed-i-made-no-pdf-or-paper-hard-copy-how-do-i-get-a-copy-pdf-of-2022/01/3401508#M1252462 <P>Thank you to DoninGA and rjs, for helping me to understand my big mistake not promptly making an offline, off desktop computer copy of my .tax2022 data files and a .pdf copy also, onto a USB Flash drive or external hard drive, or saved Cloud copy. Thank you also, for several possible solutions to get the lost data, using the two IRS websites listed.</P><P>Sambo321.</P> Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:04:30 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-laptop-hard-drive-crashed-i-made-no-pdf-or-paper-hard-copy-how-do-i-get-a-copy-pdf-of-2022/01/3401508#M1252462 Sambo321 2024-11-10T03:04:30Z