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Level 3
posted Jan 22, 2024 9:57:38 AM

Is it still possible to share TurboTax between family members? Last year I installed on my PC using CD, and my son tried to download but not allowed.

Can someone explain how sharing can be done, one uses CD, another uses download, or both use download?

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Expert Alumni
Jan 22, 2024 10:23:33 AM

The TurboTax user license allows one user to install copies of TurboTax on up to five computers that the user owns. You can also prepare multiple returns, including returns for other people. But the license does not allow, and has never allowed, one copy to be shared among different people.  This year, that license is being enforced by requiring users to log into their TurboTax online account when they install the program for the first time. This locks one particular copy of the program and one license code to one user account. The only way you could install the program on a computer that you do not own, would be to give the other person your online username and password. And even though that workaround might allow the installation, it’s still a violation of the license.