Paying the TurboTax account fees does not file a tax return. There are no e-file fees when using the TurboTax online editions, federal or state. The account fess are the same whether the tax return was e-filed or printed for mailing.
You complete your tax return by finishing all 3 Steps in the File section. In Step 3, to e-file your tax return, you must click on the large button labeled "Transmit my returns now".
After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.
A 2024 tax return can no longer be e-filed using TurboTax, it must be printed and mailed.
To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/
Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents. Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)
If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created. TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.
Go to this IRS website for the mailing address for a federal tax return, by state - https://www.irs.gov/filing/where-to-file-paper-tax-returns-with-or-without-a-payment
