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karchin
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DUPLICATE .TAX FILES

I have duplicate .tax2023 files  (with different dates) in different folders across a network,  how does turbotax know which one to use when transferring to 2024 tax program?    

 

Yes, I know I can specify which one to use , but if I don't,  which one does turbo tax select and does turbotax notify if duplicates found?

 

Turbo tax seems to show just 1 of the .tax2023 files, when I know there are at least 2 in different folders. 

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DUPLICATE .TAX FILES

The 2023 tax data that is being presented for transfer would be in the TurboTax folder in the Documents directory. 

karchin
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DUPLICATE .TAX FILES

That is not true for me.  I never use document folder.  I save files in FOLDERS like  tax2023, tax 2024, etc.  Sometimes when I hit save turbotax puts saved file in tax2023 not tax2024, so I wind up with duplicate .tax files in both 2023 and 2024.   When I import files for the new year from the old year and I forget to make sure all files for a given year are in the correct folder, there may be 1 file in tax2023  labeled  xxx.tax2023 dated 3/3/23 in the tax2022 folder   and a similar file labeled  xxx.tax2023 dated 4.4.23 in the tax2023 folder.    

 

When this happens I now have 2 files with the same name but different date in 2 different folders.  How does turbotax know to use tax file from the tax2023 folder to import into the 2024 program not the tax2022 folder? 

 

 

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