https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/i-have-already-prepared-my-2019-taxes-i-have-my-federal-return-as-a-pdf-file-the-pdf-states-that-i/01/2144829#M546961 If i try to file a previous years tax return, it asks me to select a product to prepare them... I don't need to do that as I used the desktop software to prepare my tax return. How can i skip the prepare step and just file them? Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:09:15 GMT me-philiparudy-c 2021-03-28T19:09:15Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/i-have-already-prepared-my-2019-taxes-i-have-my-federal-return-as-a-pdf-file-the-pdf-states-that-i/01/2144829#M546961 If i try to file a previous years tax return, it asks me to select a product to prepare them... I don't need to do that as I used the desktop software to prepare my tax return. How can i skip the prepare step and just file them? Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:09:15 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/i-have-already-prepared-my-2019-taxes-i-have-my-federal-return-as-a-pdf-file-the-pdf-states-that-i/01/2144829#M546961 me-philiparudy-c 2021-03-28T19:09:15Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/re-i-have-already-prepared-my-2019-taxes-i-have-my-federal-return-as-a-pdf-file-the-pdf-states-that/01/2144851#M546965 <P>Where or why does the pdf say to go online? &nbsp;Can't imagine the Desktop program saying to log in online. &nbsp;You must be reading it wrong. &nbsp;Can you post a screen shot?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Well anyway you have to print and mail 2019 and prior year returns. &nbsp;Ignore any efile Instructions. &nbsp;</P> Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:14:17 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/re-i-have-already-prepared-my-2019-taxes-i-have-my-federal-return-as-a-pdf-file-the-pdf-states-that/01/2144851#M546965 VolvoGirl 2021-03-28T19:14:17Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/re-i-have-already-prepared-my-2019-taxes-i-have-my-federal-return-as-a-pdf-file-the-pdf-states-that/01/2144901#M546976 <P>Here is the screenshot.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I may have interpreted this wrong, but either way it's pretty confusing to put on a pdf print out of an already prepared tax return.<BR /><BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="IMG_0539 (1).jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/image/serverpage/image-id/19893i3A7E2FE4069D6730/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="IMG_0539 (1).jpg" alt="IMG_0539 (1).jpg" /></span></P> Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:25:37 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/re-i-have-already-prepared-my-2019-taxes-i-have-my-federal-return-as-a-pdf-file-the-pdf-states-that/01/2144901#M546976 milliephanillie 2021-03-28T19:25:37Z