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Not applicable
posted Mar 13, 2022 6:27:34 PM

What happens to deleted tax forms? Will they appear again when I use them again?

Hello

Long story short, I filled in the "Foreign Income" section and the "Earned Foreign Income Exclusion 2555" section forms on TurboTax. I had a headache trying to remove my inputted amount of income, but somehow I did.
In the process of trying to delete my foreign income from TurboTax, I was told to delete form 2555 from my forms section under "Tools".

My question is, once I do need to input my foreign income in the future when filing, will TurboTax automatically generate those forms again naturally OR did I just mess up the system and TurboTax won't generate the necessary forms for me anymore since I deleted them once in the past?|
MEANING, at a certain point of inserting (any) information into TurboTax, will TurboTask ask me if I want to add so-and-so form (even after manually deleting it in the past once)?

***Note, I deleted them in the first place because one of the tax experts told me to. And it didn't solve the issue

 

Thanks for your replies

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Level 15
Mar 13, 2022 6:29:10 PM

Yes it will come back if you need it again.  That was just a one time delete.  

Not applicable
Mar 13, 2022 6:37:03 PM

So I have another question. 
If I removed ALL my INCOME data from TurboTax, AND deleted all my forms through the tools section (because I want to try again from scratch), will all the forms I use appear once again as I begin inputting my data once more? For example, if I once again insert stocks details, will all the relevant forms begin appearing again as I am inputting stock data? 

 

I know there is an option to start from scratch, but since I paid already, it doesn't give me the option to do this anymore. Is doing this the next best thing?

@VolvoGirl 

Level 15
Mar 13, 2022 6:40:46 PM

Yes you can fill them out again.  They are not gone permanently.  Yes if you paid you can not clear and start over.  So you would have to  delete things or edit them with the right amounts.  Good luck.