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I notice that Turbotax creates each time 2 tax files, one with ~ sign in front of the file name. I wonder what is it and which one is the real one?

 
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I notice that Turbotax creates each time 2 tax files, one with ~ sign in front of the file name. I wonder what is it and which one is the real one?

the tilde file is a backup...just in case your computer experiences an unexpected shutdown/power-outage...whatever disaster....

Use the other one without the " ~ "

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*

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I notice that Turbotax creates each time 2 tax files, one with ~ sign in front of the file name. I wonder what is it and which one is the real one?

the tilde file is a backup...just in case your computer experiences an unexpected shutdown/power-outage...whatever disaster....

Use the other one without the " ~ "

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
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