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Will TurboTax 2025 work with Windows 10?

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July 28, 2025
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xmasbaby0

Level 15

Desktop download software will not work with Windows 10 for 2025 returns. But you will be able to use online software if your computer does not/cannot meet the system requirements for desktop.

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user17620053188

Level 2

I am not a new member, I am a long time Turbotax user. However, no Turbotax for Windows 10 then bye bye Turbotax, me not going to use Turbotax online.

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user17620053188

Level 2

It will not work because Turbotax did not go to the effort to update their code to work with Windows 10 which has 23 times more users than Windows 11. Me a 40 year Turbotax customer. My experience is that it was easier to switch to H&R Block than to upgrade to Win 11(itself a problem) and Turbotax. (My tax: married couple joint file, extensive stock trading, no business, no earned income, retiree income, state income tax, standard deductions.) Turbotax broke the loyalty trust and keep it simple principle hooking up exclusively to Windows 11. Microsoft + Intuit = customer nightmare.

rjs

Level 15

Expert Reviewed

A TurboTax FAQ says "Intuit will restrict the installation of future (2025 and later) versions of TurboTax Desktop on Windows 10." It's not clear what "restrict the installation" means. Does it mean that you can't install it at all? We haven't gotten a clear answer. Intuit has announced that at least one of their professional products for 2025 will work in Windows 10.

baldietax

Level 12

looks like the wording on that FAQ has changed from "may restrict" to "will restrict"

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SageWolf

Level 2

Intuit keeps stating that Microsoft will no longer support Windows 10 after October 14, 2025. This is not true.

Support for "critical and important security updates" will continue. Intuit needs to provide Turbotax 2025 to its long standing and loyal customers. See clip from Microsoft's own site on this issue.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-consumer-extended-security-updates-esu-program-33e17de9-36b3-43bb-874d-6c53d2e4bf42

Stop stating that Microsoft will not support Windows 10 after October 14, 2025... It is a false statement.

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user17620053188

Level 2

Why is it false? Please explain

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jimbo515x

Level 3

Again, another false and misleading statement by Intuit re: the Microsoft Windows 10 consumer ESU program. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING TO ENROLL INTO THE CONSUMER ESU PROGRAM. There are lots of ways to get it for free from Microsoft. There was lots of online discussion of this in the Win10 online forum, and virtually no one has paid to get the ESU. Just check 'back up your settings' on your system and that qualifies to the the ESU for free for the next year, until October 2026.

I find it somewhat ironic, as Windows 11 23H2 goes EOL on Nov 11, 2025. In 9 days. Windows 11 22H2 and 21H2 are classified as unsupported by Microsoft. Only Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 will be fully supported after this November 11.

So is Intuit requiring that Windows 11 users update to 24H2 or later? I don't see that requirement anywhere.

I currently can't update to Win11 on my home system and plan to keep it on Win 10 in the ESU program. I am actively investigating TurboTax alternatives.

--signed a disgruntled MacInTax/TurboTax user since 1987.

The decision not to support Windows 10 is highly disappointing. As Intuit well knows, Microsoft is continuing to support Windows 10 through the ESU program. I have used Turbo Tax for over 20 years and am being forced to change to another product. I WILL NOT use the online service to avoid my most personal information from being stored on another platform where I have zero ability to control. I know that some of the information is out there, but two wrongs do not make a right. Tax data is at the top of the list to avoid putting on any cloud service.

Please Intuit revisit the decision.

Thank you

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gate99

Level 3

[removed] works with windows 10

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user17692003622

Level 2

Dear Intuit,

Add my name to the list of unhappy TTAX customers. I have been using TTax since it was first available on 5.25 inch on disks.

I have a Windows 10 PC that is not eligible for Windows 11. And from what I read about 11, I am not interested - even if my PC was upgradable.

I understand that an OS can become obsolete, but that is not the case here. As of January 2026, Windows 11 adoption in the U.S. and globally has stalled, with market share hovering around 50-53% and recently dipping.

Microsoft knows this - it is why Windows 10 security updates are free and available for at least another year. I am enrolled and have received several updates.

Windows 10 has been a popular OS, Windows 11 not so much. I understand that what Intuit has done will be necessary at some point, but now is premature.

The on-line services you offer are much more expensive then TTAX Deluxe Federal and State.

You are forcing me and other users to find alternative tax software - you are risking a significant loss of customers.

Do you really think this is a smart thing to be doing right now??

Pete

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user17692003622

Level 2

UPDATE:

This is the heading of a Windows 11 article in a PC Magazine email (2/2/2026):

""We Need to Improve.' Microsoft Admits Windows 11 Has Too Many Annoying Bugs""

This is one of the reasons why so many people and corporations don't want to upgrade Windows 11.

Intuit is suggesting On Line versions of Turbotax. The reviews on Amazon for Turbotax Delux 2025 are not good.

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njorange

Level 2

I am not upgrading a home computer just so I can run Turbo Tax. Sounds like H&R block works with Windows 10. Is there any way to transfer data from my previous Turbo Tax return to H&R Block? I could enter it manually I suppose but the carryover losses and depreciation of investment property will take some work. Are there other software options that work on windows 10.

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user17620053188

Level 2

It will not work because Turbotax did not go to the effort to update their code to work with Windows 10 which has 23 times more users than Windows 11. Me a 40 year Turbotax customer. My experience is that it was easier to switch to H&R Block than to upgrade to Win 11(itself a problem) and Turbotax. (My tax: married couple joint file, extensive stock trading, no business, no earned income, retiree income, state income tax, standard deductions.) Turbotax broke the loyalty trust.

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Bobbybuck1

Level 2

may I speak with a human regarding this issue

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xmasbaby0

Level 15

@Bobbybuck1 Sorry----desktop download for 2025 will not run on Windows 10. If you cannot upgrade to Windows 11, you can still use online TurboTax instead.

ONLINE 2025

https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**