I am trying to access my tax document from last year, but it is asking for a password. How to i access the password?

  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.

 

Start a 2024 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/01/27010

 

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

 

Account Recovery

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901535-forgot-your-turbotax-online-user-id-or-password

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901486-how-many-turbotax-accounts-do-i-have

 

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/questions/1901659-find-your-tax-data-file-in-mac

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US?uid=lro5b507

 

 

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/questions/1900937-why-should-i-save-a-pdf-copy-of-my-return

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899779-what-s-the-difference-between-the-tax-data-file-and-the-pdf-file

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1912466-how-do-i-save-my-return-as-a-pdf-in-the-turbotax-software-for-windows •

 

 

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

I just tried using both profiles I have, but it is still asking for a password.

@daphnecrawford143

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899263-what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number

 

https://twitter.com/TeamTurboTax

or

https://www.facebook.com/turbotax

 

Can nobody answer this simple question? Stop posting FAQ's. What is the password to our files? Is it a combination of our first or last name or sin number? Im trying to access my return pdf file that i downloaded from turbotax online.

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@ ds111 

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Can nobody answer this simple question? Stop posting FAQ's. What is the password to our files? Is it a combination of our first or last name or sin number? Im trying to access my return pdf file that i downloaded from turbotax online.

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No one in this user community knows the password to your downloaded PDF file.   An equally big question would be how did a downloaded PDF come to be password-protected in the first place.   When downloaded, was it placed in a password-protected/encrypted folder?   Are you by any chance using a Mac?  

Try your turbotax account login, that worked for me.