How can I get my tax forms printed out without clicking the 'file' button? I have to paper file this year.

[xmasbaby0]

If you are filing on paper and mailing your tax return, why are trying to avoid  the file button before printing? You have go through the FILE section to print.  Your TurboTax fee is the same whether you e-file or file by mailing your return in an envelope.   The fee is not for e-filing---the fee is for using the software to prepare your tax return. If you need to print and mail the return you have to pay your fees first.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/printing/help/how-do-i-print-and-mail-my-return-in-turbotax-online...

[surefeet]

I've already paid.  So, you're saying that clicking on 'File' WON'T e-file my return?  It will just take me to a page where I can choose between e-file and print?  I don't want to confuse the IRS by e-filing and then following that up with my printed version.

[xmasbaby0]

There are three steps in the FILE section.  Unless you click on a big orange button that says "Transmit my returns now" you will not e-file your return.

[VolvoGirl]

When you go through the FILE menu tab the very last button is the big orange transmit returns now button.  If you get that far do not click it.  It should ask if you want to print and mail or efile before you get to the end.

[Critter-3]

In the FILE tab ...

Step 1 ... pay TT fees

Step 2 ... choose how your refund will be received

Step 3 ... choose to mail or efile the return ... if you choose to mail the return the mailing instructions will be included in the PDF of the return that will be presented at that time

[surefeet]

Thanks.  Do you know whether there will be the option to make any changes to my input AFTER I hit that file button?  I have some foreign dividends which are taxed at source and I'd like to look at my return to make sure that the tax paid ends up in the correct section so I don't pay additional taxes on the dividends.  With the process of not seeing where all your input ends up until after you hit that 'file' button, I'm unable to see how it all flows through to the actual forms to make sure it syncs with how it has been shown in the past.  

[xmasbaby0]

You do not have direct access to the forms when you use online software.   You can see the schedules and forms AFTER you print the tax return.     You can still make changes after you print and then print again if necessary IF you have not e-filed.    You seem  anxious about the "file button."   Going in to the FILE section does not e-file your return.    Only clicking the big orange button actually files your return.   You can also choose to file by mail in the FILE section.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/printing/help/can-i-print-a-copy-of-my-turbotax-online-return-befo...