file format support

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
March 10, 2020
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Someone did my return for me and saved it in a pdf format. I chose that file to be opened in TurboTax Business but it says there's an error. I need to make a few minor changes to my return. Can anyone help with opening the pdf file with turbotax??

Opus 17

Level 15

I don’t know about business, but for the regular TurboTax program, you can only import a PDF that was generated by a different tax program, not a version of TurboTax; and you can only import last year‘s tax return in order to start this year‘s tax return. You can’t import a 2019 return as a PDF from one company into TurboTax for 2019.

Merry Widow

Level 4

There is no way to open a PDF file in TurboTax. Saving your return as a PDF is very much like printing it. It's handy for looking at, but you cannot work with it.

I always be sure to save my returns both ways. One for use when running TurboTax, and the other to use as a quick reference - even years later.