TurboTax Business 2016 will not import a TurboTax Business 2015 file.

[r7824newman]

Business 2016 will not import a file from Business 2015.

[KatieB]

Is the file you're trying to import a .pdf or a .tax file?

[icmsmf]

.tax file

[mesquitebean]

Are you sure the file you are having it import is the Business tax file?   The Business Edition tax file and the personal tax file both end in *.tax2015 which can be confusing.

What happens when you start a new return?   Does it search your computer and find a *.tax2015 data file?

[icmsmf]

no, it only imports the data for the business like name, address etc.  no numbers.  I see no difference in business tax and regular personal tax when I go on to log in for turbotax, yet I have both programs.

[mesquitebean]

Please clarify what product you are using.   Are using the dedicated 2016 Business Edition for C-corp, S-corp, partnerships, multimember LLC, etc, which is software installed on your computer.?     And is that the product you used for 2015?

When you said "log in" that's confusing.  I don't know what you mean by "I see no difference in business tax and regular pesonal tax when I go to log in for TurboTax, yet I have both programs."    What does "log in" have to do with it, or are you referring to TurboTax Online; i.e, the website?

[icmsmf]

I have purchased TurboTax Business 2015 last year, and then this year the 2016 version, both were downloaded and installed on my computer via the source of purchase.  So when I try to find my turbotax business 2015 file online, I only get turbotax which could be for business or personal.  I use both.  Then I use my user names and passwords, and none seem to work for my 2015 file.  They were all online so it is my fault I did not save on a disk.  I go to log in, and and I finally find the 2015.tax file for business, and there is nothing on it but my business info.

[icmsmf]

And yes they are both for C corp, S corp etc.  They are not for "home and business" which is also available.

[mesquitebean]

The Business  Edition has nothing at all to do with the Online TurboTax website, which is only for personal tax returns.

"when I try to find my turbotax business 2015 file online"

Your 2015 business tax file will not be in an Online account.  The Business Edition is a desktop-only product and all data files are stored locally on your computer.  Search your entire computer system and any backup external media for the *.tax2015 data file.  It is not in an Online account.

[icmsmf]

Thank you!  You just made me think..."I guess I did save it".  I opened a few of my thumb drives and there it was!  No label on it...my fault!  I will learn from this!  Now I can feel more confident doing my 2016 returns with the information carried over to 2016.  So thanks again!

[icmsmf]

I think because the personal one is saved online, I thought the same would be true for the business. ?

[mesquitebean]

A desktop product and the online product are 2 different things and do not "sync".  Personal returns prepared online at the TurboTax website are present in the Online Tax Timeline.   No desktop returns of either kind--Business or personal--are stored in the online account Tax Timeline.   Online TurboTax does have a feature called "My Docs" which can upload any documents from a computer for elective storage purposes, but one would have had to prepare an Online return to have access to that feature.

[KatieB · Accepted solution]

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