When I save my turbo tax file, why do I see two files one has a tilda in front?

[CarissaM]

This is normal you are seeing this. The reason is Turbo Tax is now keeping the tilde file, just in case something happens so you have the back up of your return. 

Please let us know if we can further assist you. @ronr32 

[dmabus]

I've been using Turbotax for years and have never seen the tilde file. Now when I close my file, I still have a tilde and a non-tilde file.  Which one opens when I restart turbotax and inputting info in whichever file opens?

[DoninGA]

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@dmabus wrote:

I've been using Turbotax for years and have never seen the tilde file. Now when I close my file, I still have a tilde and a non-tilde file.  Which one opens when I restart turbotax and inputting info in whichever file opens?

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The tilde file is only used if the program has a crash or the original file is corrupted so when the program is opened again it will use the tilde file.  Otherwise only the non-tilde file will be used when the program is opened.

Go to this TurboTax support FAQ which has a section that describes the tilde file - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/diagnostics/error-102345-error-193214773...

[VolvoGirl]

It is working and saving in the regular non-tilde file.  The ~ is a tilde file. Those are temporary files that you normally don't see and normally are deleted. But now Turbo Tax is leaving them in the folder in case something happens like if your file gets corrupted or lost or your computer crashes. Then you can go back. If you can't transfer from the regular file you can transfer from the ~ file.

[dsttexas]

The tilde character precedes the file name that TT is constantly saving. Without that, it is the file created when you exited and said SAVE.  My two files are only 3 minutes apart with SAVE one the latest.

[Smith16]

Why do you answer this? Why wouldn't I use the file with the latest time stamp on it no matter whether it is tilde or not? As a user this is super confusing. When I first opened the non-tilde file, TT takes me all the way back to the beginning, as if I had not entered any information. Despite the fact that that file with no tilde has a later time stamp on it. The later time stamp leading one to believe it is the most recent file.