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What is the point of printing your taxes, if when you print them and it is only the form WITHOUT the information? Don't Tell me its for security.

bradams74 — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:32:23 GMT

All my info is downloaded and the Return is filled out on the screen. When I print, its just the form. No Information on it. WTF?!!

Re: What is the point of printing your taxes, if when you print them and it is only the form WITHOUT the information? Don't Tell me its for security.

xmasbaby0 — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:40:40 GMT

What information are you wanting? If you printed to file by mail it only prints the pages needed for mailing in. You can save the return as a pdf and look at all the worksheets if you want or you can print them all out. And--of course--you saved all of your own income documents etc. for your own records, right?

SAVE YOUR TAX RETURN !

Saving a copy of your return as a PDF (in addition to the proprietary tax data format TurboTax uses) lets you open, view, and print your return using the free Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader software.

This is a lifesaver if your tax data file gets corrupted or if you no longer have the TurboTax software to open it in. The government also accepts a paper-filed return printed from the PDF.

Please note that TurboTax PDF files cannot be "read" by the TurboTax software the way the tax data file can, which means they cannot be used for amending, troubleshooting calculation issues, or for full prior-year transfer capabilities.

For specific instructions, refer to the Related Information section, below.

Related Information:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900937-why-should-i-save-a-pdf-copy-of-my-return

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899779-what-s-the-difference-between-the-tax-data-file-and-the-pdf-file

Re: What is the point of printing your taxes, if when you print them and it is only the form WITHOUT the information? Don't Tell me its for security.

bradams74 — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 23:04:23 GMT

Yes I saved everything. I tried printing the downloaded part and it only printed the form again. Every time I had the return up, could see all the info. But, every time I printed it, it was just blank form. So, just decided to use a black pen and manually fill out the 1040 forms. I think Turbo Tax is great. I use you guys every year. My only recommendation is to simplify Printing. Whatever is on your screen needs to be able to print WITH data on the forms. It should take seconds. I spent 20 minutes try to print and only got blank 1040 Forms. I will always use Turbo Tax. I just wish Printing With Data was more User Friendly.