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I have a new computer and want to install past Turbo Tax software on it (2016, 2017, 2018). I purchased the software on-line from Turbo Tax.

douglasmcgaughey — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 06:39:44 GMT

Re: I have a new computer and want to install past Turbo Tax software on it (2016, 2017, 2018). I purchased the software on-line from Turbo Tax.

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Re: I have a new computer and want to install past Turbo Tax software on it (2016, 2017, 2018). I purchased the software on-line from Turbo Tax.

Critter-3 — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 13:57:12 GMT

If you still have access to the old computer and you have not already saved the returns as PDF files then do so now. And you don't need to install the old programming unless you need to amend a return ... 2016 is no longer supported.

You can't transfer the programs. They have to be installed from the CD or Download. You don't need to install the prior year programs unless you need to amend that year. Before you move your tax return files make sure you have saved each year as a PDF file. So you may want to open each year and do that. FILE - SAVE TO PDF

What I would do is just copy the whole Turbo Tax folder that is under your Documents. That should be where the .tax files and PDF files are stored. Then copy that folder to a flash drive or best yet is to burn it to a CD or DVD and then you will have a backup of them. Then on the new computer copy the folder (or files) from the flash drive to your Documents folder. Those can always be at least read by any system, even if they can't be used directly by the program.

Especially....if you are upgrading to Windows 10....there is no guarantee that any of the 2014...or prior year tax programs will run at all on W-10. That has yet to be determined...

Save the PDF for each year twice.

1) Once as the tax return for filing (this contains just the filing tax forms)

2) Again as the tax return, but with ALL the forms and worksheets (this contains all of your worksheets and shows all of your entries on some form or another).

The selection of the bare tax return, or the extended tax return with everything is made during the Save-to-PDF process.

And back those PDFs up to a backup USB or CD....every year we get tons of folks begging for access to a tax return on a crashed disk....TTX doesn't have it...only you do when you use the desktop software.

Re: I have a new computer and want to install past Turbo Tax software on it (2016, 2017, 2018). I purchased the software on-line from Turbo Tax.

NCperson — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:43:57 GMT

@douglasmcgaughey if you try and install 2019 or 2020 and you computer has Windows Version 2h20, don't be surprised if they will not activate (which is new effective beginning with 2019); there is a known issue which TT is aware of and hopefully working on a fix.