topic While updating to a new computer, I think I have lost all my previous TurboTax returns. The only one I can still find is my 2017. Can I recreate my 2021 return? in After you file

While updating to a new computer, I think I have lost all my previous TurboTax returns. The only one I can still find is my 2017. Can I recreate my 2021 return?

diane-bruske — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:40:06 GMT

I have carryover losses from 2016, and don't know how to proceed without importing my data from previous returns. Any suggestions?

Re: While updating to a new computer, I think I have lost all my previous TurboTax returns. The only one I can still find is my 2017. Can I recreate my 2021 return?

NCperson — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 03:08:18 GMT

do you back up your computer files? is the old computer still intact?

you are looking for files that are in this format: *.tax20XX where the XX is the year in question.

Re: While updating to a new computer, I think I have lost all my previous TurboTax returns. The only one I can still find is my 2017. Can I recreate my 2021 return?

diane-bruske — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:48:38 GMT

Thanks so much for your quick response! Unfortunately, it is a perfect storm scenario...I scrapped my old computer about a month ago. My files were/are all being backed up to my One Drive (in the cloud) but when that quickly filled up, I deleted a bunch of files and/or folders, and I must have had my returns tucked safely away in one of those folders. Everything appears to be gone, and a thorough search of my hard drive shows only the one file .tax2017 and no others.