Opening 2 TurboTax desktop applications simultaneously

[rob4226]

Yes thank you. I'm really glad there is a way around it this year!  As @ghanoch smartly speculated, since the authorization mechanism changed for 2023, there is a good chance this trick will not work next year when using 2023 & 2024 together.  Please Intuit, fix this for next year. Thank you.

[jwillis44]

This issue MUST BE FIXED by Intuit.   It is causing many difficulties.   I always prepare my current year return while also keeping open on my desktop my two most immediate prior years returns.   With the 2023 version,  I am constantly running into error messages about having multiple turbotax files open on my desktop.    This is irritating and annoying.   I hope Intuit wakes the heck up and fixes this problem.   Its a MAJOR bug.

[fanfare]

How complex can your taxes be?

If you are not going to remember how to file a particular form for your situation, start a notebook and take notes.

[ghanoch]

This is a far inferior solution if Intuit insists on keeping the arbitrary limitation on opening 2 years at the same time.  My taxes are complex enough that doing them on TurboTax is not intuitive, and requires odd workflows.

I already have notes on the order of doing things, but it gets far more difficult when they change things without seeing the screens side by side.

Comparing millions of people taking notes and updating them yearly, to Intuit fixing this one time seems with the millions of dollars of fees we pay them (collectively every year) leads to an obvious conclusion.

[DoitRight]

It's absurd that I cannot open TurboTax 2023 and TurboTax 2024 at the same time to reference my 2023 return entries while I do my 2024 business return. Why on earth would you do this to your customers? It's going to take me 10 times as long to finish, and I had filed an extension, and have little time left. I was not expecting this roadblock to my work!

Get it right Intuit. Undo this limitation immediately that I cannot open 2 different years at the same time.

Perhaps you will lose a significant number of customers over this. I doubt I will be back next year.

Something like this could only be designed by programmers who don't actually use your software to prepare their own taxes. 

[baldietax]

suggest to export PDF of your returns with all forms and worksheets rather than depending on opening the old s/w to open it, and refer to that for your 2024 return.  I've rarely had to go back to an old TT s/w version but frequently refer to the PDFs.

the s/w is supported by TT for current version and 3 prior versions.  Older versions should keep running beyond that, but not guaranteed and you certainly won't be able to reinstall and reactivate it on a new computer.  So the PDF should be your official record anyway.  2021 is about to fall off this support when they release 2025.

hope that helps.

[BillFromOregon]

No, it doesn't help.  We all know how to export to a PDF and have stated so in our posts above.   You apparently did not read them.  Our request was simple, allow us to open the current and past TT programs simultaneously.   It doesn't matter whether they fall off of support or not.    I'm not sure why that is so hard to understand.   

This issue came about because the 2024 version would not allow you to open the 2023 version at the same time, i.e. 3 prior versions were not supported!   It morphed into opening any version of TT.   If you had read the thread and even looked at the Subject line 'Opening 2 TurboTax desktop applications simultaneously' you would of seen this.  

[baldietax]

understood the topic fine.  you should provide feedback in the app itself I think when you finish your taxes it asks for feedback, I don't think Intuit action many issues from this forum.  good luck.

[VolvoGirl]

@DoitRight   @BillFromOregon   I just opened my Home & Business 2024 program and 2023 program in Windows 11.  Don't think I tried it before I upgraded from Win 10.  This is cool.  When I hoover on the size box up by X it gives me layout choices for where to display it.  So I can have 2024 & 2023 returns open side by side at the same time.   

[ghanoch]

Thanks for this tip VolvoGirl!