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Where can I find my tax returns for the more than dozen years that I have used TurboTax?

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:29:17 GMT

It might be 20 years....

Re: Where can I find my tax returns for the more than dozen years that I have used TurboTax?

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:30:07 GMT

The IRS and TurboTax save returns for 7 years. If you did not save them yourself as hard copies or pdfs, they are gone.

Re: Where can I find my tax returns for the more than dozen years that I have used TurboTax?

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:35:20 GMT

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/how-long-should-i-keep-records

Re: Where can I find my tax returns for the more than dozen years that I have used TurboTax?

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:45:27 GMT

If you have used more than one account during the past seven years:

Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them. Log out of the account you are in now.

Account recovery

https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery/

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901535-forgot-your-turbotax-online-user-id-or-password

Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax? If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901486-how-many-turbotax-accounts-do-i-have

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901535

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901659-find-your-tax-data-file-in-mac

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900721-find-your-tax-data-file-tax-file-in-windows

To get a copy of your previously filed returns prepared with online TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900748-how-do-i-get-a-copy-of-a-return-i-filed-in-turbotax-online

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900748-how-do-i-get-a-copy-of-a-return-i-filed-this-year-in-turbotax-online

Re: Where can I find my tax returns for the more than dozen years that I have used TurboTax?

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 03:25:37 GMT

This is an attempt to respond to the replies that I received for this question. I have tried several times using the suggested methods. Unbelievably TT insists that I used TT for the very first time last year. In previous years using the older website, I could easily find a previous tax return using every account that I had (two). Now it seems as though every attempt to do something requires me to sign in again with the 2 or more step confirmation with another brick wall. But thanks for the replies. BTW the above question had to be rephrased several times to get to the next baffling step.

Re: Where can I find my tax returns for the more than dozen years that I have used TurboTax?

xmasbaby0 — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 03:33:17 GMT

TurboTax accounts cannot be combined, so one TT account does not "know" about another account you have. Thus, an account might say it is the first time you have used TT. Sorry---when you open multiple accounts it can lead to confusion especially if you have not kept yourself a record of the accounts and user ID's you used. Going forward, pick one and stick with the same account. If you use exactly the same account and user ID from one year to the next then you will be able to easily transfer data from one year to the next.

Re: Where can I find my tax returns for the more than dozen years that I have used TurboTax?

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:55:02 GMT

Yes, thank you. I can see from my last 4 backed up returns that I have used the same account.