How do I open a .tax2024 file on the online turbotax version?

[taxlady28]

You would need to download and install 2024 TurboTax on a Windows or MAC computer.  If you paid for online TurboTax customer service would be able to push a copy of the desktop version to you.

[DawnC]

You can't transfer a 2024 tax file.   You need a 2023 tax file to start a 2024 return in TurboTax Online.   See - How to Switch to TurboTax Online

[jprochas]

I want to view what Turbo Tax Online sent me when I filed my 2024 taxes.  Specifically the amount of my estimated quarterly taxes for 2025.

[MonikaK1]

To access your tax return after you've e-filed it or printed it as part of mailing your return to the IRS, in TurboTax Online:

1. Sign in to TurboTax.
2. Select Tax Home from the menu.
3. Scroll down to Your tax returns & documents.
4. Select 2024, and then select Add a State (you're not actually adding a state, this just gets you back in).
5. You will now be in your return. Select Other Tax Situations on the left menu to find Estimated Taxes.
6. Or, to print a copy, go to Tax Tools on the left menu, then Print Center. 

See this help article for more information.

@jprochas 

[MonikaK1]

@jprochas 

[TurbotaxRCDC]

Can not access Turbotax2024?  Got a new laptop running W11 with all files ported over from last computer.  Can you help?

[Mike9241]

What do you mean by "cannot access"? To open 2024, you need the 2024 app installed on your new computer.

If you are only trying to transfer 2024 data to 2025, you might try installing the 2024 app, including any states on the W11. Then open and save the file. Then try the transfer process again. 

There may be other solutions. This has been a problem reported multiple times.  

[wwegner62]

looking for 2024 tax return

[xmasbaby0]

  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.

 https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

Start a 2025 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...

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbo...

Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/many-intuit-accounts-...

Account Recovery

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/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-...

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VN...

You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30, an actual copy of your tax return.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

SAVE YOUR TAX RETURNS !

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/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbo...

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-2021-turbo...

In order to transfer a past year return to the new return you need the tax file

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/save-turbotax-o...

NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.

@wwegner62