Turbo tax prior years

[steve13]

How do I open a previous year turbotax?

[DoninGA]

To access your prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

Start the 2023 online tax return by entering some personal information then click on Tax Home on the left side of the screen.

On the Tax Home webpage -

Scroll down to 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.

Or go to this IRS website for free federal tax return transcripts - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

For a fee of $43 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

[steve13]

Sorry, that doesn't even come close to answering my question. I have TurboTax 2023 installed on my laptop. I also have many prior years. When I double click 2022 to double-check something it won't open it tells me it's being used by another user. Is this another case of TurboTax making our lives difficult again again??

[steve13]

The error message says it's already running under another account. Switch users and run TurboTax from the other account to continue. What in the world is going on here??

[steve13]

So apparently, you have to close TurboTax 2023, then open TurboTax 2022, then reopen TurboTax 2023 in that specific order. Otherwise you keep getting the error message. I have to wonder if this is a result of them going to the requirement of having to log into your Intuit account in order to even use the software now. They just keep making it harder and harder and harder to use their software and I'm really getting tired of being a loyal customer. Turbo tax has let me down year after year and I don't know why I even stick with them.

[DoninGA · Accepted solution]

Close the 2023 program.  Open the 2022 program and then start the 2023 program again.

[steve13]

Thanks

[tlwolf]

I have the same problem. Why is TT making us jump through hoops? What if I want TT 2021, 2022, & 2023 all open at same time to make comparisons? I don't even want to try that.

Just to make this reply TT asked to verify by 3 different steps. Nonsense