I've just completed my 2019 taxes using the desktop version. Can I still e-file my 2019 taxes? Or do I have to mail them in? Thank you.

[VolvoGirl · Accepted solution]

Sorry you have to print and mail prior year returns.  You can only efile the current year 2020 and Efiling won't open until late January.

Be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them.  You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places.  Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.

[seana1]

Thank you!

When I print out my return from TurboTax, I'm a bit confused which is my Federal Return—which includes no address or instructions—and which is my California Return (which is a bit clearer though, with a cover page and instructions. Do you know how I can figure this out?

[VolvoGirl]

Where to mail federal paper returns

https://www.irs.gov/uac/where-to-file-paper-tax-returns-with-or-without-a-payment

Federal is the 1040 and any schedules or forms.  They have a Sequence number at the top.  You don't send the extra backup worksheets or detail pages.  When you go through the File tab there is a selection to print just the forms for filing.

It might have printed 2 copies of the federal 1040 return if you need to attach a federal copy to the California 540 return.

[VolvoGirl]

See IRS Instructions Page 61 for how to assemble

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf