Did you use the CD/download or online TurboTax to prepare a 2018 return? And.....who is saying you did not file 2018? The IRS deals with federal tax returns. Your state deals with a CO return. Is the state saying you did not file a return or are they saying you did not pay your 2018 state tax due? Your only proof that you paid 2018 would be your own bank or credit card records. TurboTax never knows how, when or even if you paid the tax due.
The IRS and TurboTax save returns for seven years---then they are purged. If you know the exact account and user ID you used when you prepared the return, you need to go to that account. BUT.....the system is about to transition from 2022 returns to 2023 software (which becomes available in late Nov/early Dec)--and one thing you have to do is "start" a new return --- (you do not have to finish it) --just enter enough to get the side menu to open up.. Since the October 16 deadline, online is closed for starting new returns. So you can try-----but in actuality you may have to wait for the 2023 software to open up in order to gain access to your old returns.
You have to access your own account and/or print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.
Start a 2022 return online and enter some personal information so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/270...
Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them. Log out of the account you are in now.
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/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
SAVE YOUR TAX RETURN !
EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records. That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc.
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-pd...
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1912466-how-do-i-save-my-return-as-a-pdf-in-the-turbotax-software-... •
NOTE: TurboTax and the IRS save return for seven years. Returns older than seven years are purged.
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