Can I use My TurboTax account to file my children's tax return?

[AshleyRose1 · Accepted solution]

To file an additional return with TurboTax Online you would have to start a new account, with a new user id and password, and you would have to pay separately for each one.

I would suggest, that if you have several returns to file, the CD/Download version may be better because you can prepare as many returns as you would like and can e-file up to five for free. Any additional returns would have to be mailed. 

You can also get one free state program with the CD/Download version, but will be charged to e-file every state return. 

[grijalvasl]

my son wants to file his own taxes, filed last year with turbo tax , he no longer has an email and different phone number how can he file his taxes?

[grijalvasl]

I do not want to pay for my sons tax preparation at all he id 40 years old, he may have a gmail email account

[grijalvasl]

I already told you no I will not pay we just wont use you and you will loose the 600.00 you charge him to file

good bye

[VolvoGirl]

@grijalvasl   You have been posting on a very old thread from over 3 years ago.  Nobody has answered you yet.  This is not a chat line.  How did he get charged 600?  That is too much for Turbo Tax fees.  And there is a free version.  Was it for his tax due?

Online is only good for 1 return per account.  But you can use the same email address for 5 accounts.   How to start another return in the Online version

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/how-do-i-start-another-return-in-turbotax-onli...

[osullp]

I have filed my entire families returns under my username for the last 3 years.  The question now is that they are going to do their own so how do they get their returns off my username and onto their own

[xmasbaby0]

@osullp They can start their own accounts if they are going to use online TurboTax.   They need an account and user name.   If you use desktop software they can continue to use your software if you allow it.

When you use Online TurboTax, you get one return per fee.  Each return needs its own account and user ID.   If you use the same account and user ID for a second return, you overwrite the first one and lose it forever.

 When you use Desktop TurboTax, which you install from a CD or download to your own hard drive, you can prepare and e-file multiple returns for the cost of the software.  You can e-file up to 5 Federal returns—more if you mail the additional ones.  If you have multiple returns to prepare for family members, Desktop is more cost effective.

Desktop --unless you specifically buy federal  Deluxe only from a retailer-- will include the software for one specific state.   You can prepare as many returns for that state as the number of federal returns you prepare.  E-filing state returns is an extra fee which can be avoided by printing and mailing the states.   Additional--other--state software is an additional fee for the software.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/how-do-i-start-another-return-in-turbotax-onli...

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901306-how-many-times-can-i-e-file-using-the-turbotax-cd-or-downl...

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2750704-what-are-the-advantages-of-the-turbotax-cd-download-softwa...

[VolvoGirl]

@osullp   If you used the online version you can only transfer a return to the same account or to the Desktop CD/Download program.  You won't be able to transfer a return or history to another account.  And anyway if you used your account to do multiple returns only the last one done each year is saved.  So the others are gone for good.  

Did you save the pdf files and .tax file after doing each return?  If you don't have a pdf and they need a copy they will have to get it from the IRS.  

[Jnettecol]

I would like to create another account to file other family members taxes.

[Jnettecol]

I would like to create another account to file other family members taxes.

[BrittanyS]

If you are using TurboTax Online, you can file for another family member by creating another account.  To create a new account, you can follow these steps:

1. Sign out of TurboTax Online
2. Select the TurboTax Online product you want to use for the second return and proceed.
3. On the Create your account screen, set up a new user ID for the second return
   • You can reuse your email address if you want to receive e-file notifications for the second return
   • Up to 5 accounts can be tied to the same email address
4. After you've created the new account, you can start working on the second return
5. If you can't create a new account because your web browser automatically signs you in to your old account, you may need to clear your browser history, cache, and cookies

@Jnettecol