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Why does the file not open when I retrieved a prior year tax return? I get an error message each time.

 
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Why does the file not open when I retrieved a prior year tax return? I get an error message each time.

Are you using the Edge web browser? 

If so, when you download the PDF of the tax returns, the browser changes the file extension from .pdf to .txt

Rename the file extension back to .pdf

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