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Level 3
posted Mar 1, 2020 6:03:11 AM

Why do I keep seeing 'Needs review'?

HI all, I see a nagging problem I hope you can help with. I help my Mom with completing her taxes with Turbo Tax - she is on Deluxe/Windows, I am on Premier/Mac, if that matters. Periodically, every few days or so, I will save her tax file, exit Turbo Tax on her computer, copy it and the same file preceded by the tilde (~) to my computer (as they seem to be the only files updated), so I can review her taxes or research a question for her on my own computer. If I make any changes I then copy the file back to her computer for her continuing use. (that doesn't happen much).

 

Yet, if I look at the summary page of either Income or Deductions on her computer/file, there are no lines that say 'Needs review'. Yet when I copy the same file to my computer and open it, I will see maybe 5-6 lines on either Income, deductions or both that say 'Needs review'. Why is that, and ho can I stop it? Thanks!

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Level 15
Mar 1, 2020 8:02:03 AM

Can't say for sure both one thing to check on both computers is Top Menu Bar -> TurboTax -> About TurboTax -> More Info.  And make sure that the build date and last modified dates are the same for both.

Level 3
Mar 1, 2020 9:03:55 AM

They are the same. Could something be stored in cookies? That wouldn’t make sense...

Level 15
Mar 1, 2020 9:27:31 AM

Cookies are a browser feature, not desktop software (there are binary cookies in the users Library)  but they are used for the application itself and not individual tax returns.)