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The difference is simple ... the 12 pages is the actual return that was filed and the larger file includes all the unfiled fed & TT worksheets which makes it look more impressive to justify the fee you pay.
The archived copy on the home page is not currently the larger one so using the instructions below will let you get both PDF files ... I highly recommend you save the PDF for the fed & state as filed AND again with all the worksheets for future needs.
Once the online system closes in mid October to change to the next year year, access to the returns will be shut down while the millions of returns are moved and archived ... this blackout period happens every year and lasts about 4 - 6 weeks.
After a return has been efiled and accepted, it can sometimes take the return PDF a while to update and become available at the Tax Home landing screen. If you can't use the Download/print button at the Tax Home or the "Download/print the PDF" link in the section "Your Tax Returns & Documents", OR if you're getting incomplete documents when you use one of those methods, here's an alternate way to print by opening the filed return back up to print at the Print Center.
NOTE: When you open your return back up, do not make any changes in it if it's already been filed. If you later have to amend the return, it has to start off exactly as it was when it was originally filed.
NOTE: Remember all PDF tax documents and tax data files are very sensitive files, since they contain your personal ID info, financial data, and possibly bank account numbers, etc. Be sure to store them safely and securely to guard against computer theft, hacking, etc.
and the 2020 "archived" file is a single file with everything in it.
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