2019 AND 2020 STATE TAXES

[BLBURDICK]

I filed my 2019 and 2020 federal tax returns with turbo tax. Now I need to file my 2019 and 2020 CA state tax returns as well. I want to file them thru turbo tax too. How can I do that where I can use my existing info from the turbo tax fed forms and just do my ca taxes and pay for my ca taxes?

[xmasbaby0]

Those CA returns cannot be e-filed.   They have to be filed by mail.   If you used TurboTax to prepare your federal returns you can use TT to prepare the state returns, but you must download the CD/download software to a full PC or Mac in order to do so.

Ue the exact account and user ID that you used to prepare the federal returns in order to start.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900990-how-do-i-file-a-prior-year-tax-return

[rjs]

To use the information from your 2019 and 2020 federal tax returns you will have to download the .tax2019 and .tax2020 tax return data files from TurboTax Online.

• Sign in to the TurboTax Online account that you used for your 2019 and 2020 federal tax returns.
• From your Tax Home, scroll down to "Your tax returns & documents."
• Select the year for the return you want to download, then select "Download .tax file" in the right column.

To start your California tax return, do not start a new tax return in the CD/Download software. Open the .tax file that you downloaded in the CD/Download software for the appropriate year. Then click the State Taxes tab. You will have to download the state software for each year before you can start the state return. The cost of the software for one state is included in the price of the CD/Download software for each year.

When you first start the CD/Download software, it will not automatically find the downloaded federal return. On the first screen you will have to click "Find a Tax File" and navigate to where you saved the downloaded return in order to open it. Once you have saved it in the software, the software will find it automatically after that.