Will Turbotax 2022 Home & Business work on a Mac M4 with the Tahoe OS?

[LickyMC]

Does anyone know if Turbotax 2022 Home & Business will run on a Mac M4 with the Tahoe OS? I cannot find any information about this, but it's looking doubtful.

[baldietax]

2022 Premier works fine on my M4 Mac with MAC OS 26.  Nothing to indicate H&B version would be different, you'd have to try it (some Mac users have random issues every year).

[MonikaK1]

It depends. Older, native Intel-based apps may not launch or function properly on the new Tahoe architecture.  Some Users running macOS Tahoe 26.2+ have reported that older versions of TurboTax (such as 2022) will not open, sometimes resulting in a "don't localize" error.

Please also see this TurboTax help article for troubleshooting steps for the Mac version.

For tax years 2023 and later, you could use the TurboTax Online version in a browser instead; however, 2022 is not supported in TurboTax Online after April 15, 2026, since it is past the statute expiration date to file an amended return for a refund for most timely filed 2022 returns.

If you have already tried all of the troubleshooting steps, I recommend that you contact TurboTax customer support for further assistance.

Thank you @baldietax for weighing in.

See here for a discussion of a similar issue. 

@LickyMC 

[baldietax]

@MonikaK1 is there any guidance from Intuit on when they will be producing a universal binary as Rosetta support for Intel binaries stops in MAC OS 28.  Launching Turbotax is now starting to pop up a warning message from Mac OS with link to this page

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527?cid=mc-ols-rosetta-article_102527-macos_finder-52526201

also how will intuit be continuing to support back versions which are still supported, e.g. Turbotax 2025 intel binary will not work beyond MAC OS 27.

there have been a number of threads about this in the forum, with the lack of guidance from Intuit leading to the presumption that Intuit plans to drop Mac desktop support, so it would be helpful for the community to know the plan to handle this, e.g.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-apple-silicon-support-in-tt-2024/01/3893397#M1...

[MonikaK1]

Here's the information I received from management's follow-up with tech support:

Question 1:  TurboTax will provide this support starting next tax year.

(Regarding Rosetta: I installed Rosetta on my Mac when it was first required and have not had problems with it as far as I can tell. Apple has required Rosetta 2 to be installed to run the Intel-based TurboTax for Mac desktop app on Apple Silicon Macs (M1/M2/M3/M4) consistently since 2020. Despite newer Apple Silicon hardware, TurboTax has continued to use this translation layer for its 2024 and 2025 versions.)

Question 2:  TurboTax works out of the box for later OS. Apple takes care of it. Version 2022 can't be installed on apple OS released in 2018; same goes with 2025 can't be installed on 2022 released software by Apple.

Intuit relies on Apple's built-in backward compatibility to support older versions of TurboTax on newer macOS releases — meaning TurboTax 2025 will continue to work on future macOS versions without Intuit needing to intervene, as Apple handles that compatibility layer. 

However, the reverse is not true: older versions of TurboTax cannot be installed on macOS versions that were released after the software was built. For example, TurboTax 2022 cannot be installed on a macOS version released in 2018 or earlier, and similarly, TurboTax 2025 cannot be installed on macOS versions released before 2022. In short, newer TurboTax on older macOS is the limitation — not the other way around.

@baldietax 

[baldietax]

@MonikaK1 ok on Q1 so we should expect universal binaries for tax year 2026.

Q2 I'm not clear how past versions will be handled - the question is not about running newer versions of Turbotax on older OS versions, but how will older versions of Turbotax that are still supported by Intuit run on MAC OS 28 if they are intel binaries but Rosetta is no longer supported in MAC OS 28.  i.e. come Nov 2027 say I have Turbotax 2024,5,6 installed on MAC OS 27 then upgrade my machine to MAC OS 28 and get Turbotax 2027.  I would expect Turbotax 2027 & 2026 to work, but Turbotax 2024/5 (also any earlier versions) will stop working?

[MonikaK1]

Here's the latest update I just received on the Mac issues:

When macOS 28 arrives in 2027, Intuit is planning to support the TY26 and at least TY25. TY24 support is still under discussion. The good news is that by that time, these versions will be available as Universal binaries, meaning they will run natively on Apple Silicon without relying on Rosetta. So the versions that fall within our supported window should work seamlessly on macOS 28.

Regarding older versions such as TurboTax TY24/25 — we are actively working on converting TY2026 to a Universal binary first, and if successful, we plan to backport those changes to other versions within our support commitment.

* This work is currently in progress and we are committed to doing right by our customers who rely on prior-year software for amendments and record-keeping.

@baldietax 

[baldietax]

@MonikaK1 thanks for the update on this, appreciate it

[TAXHELLAGAIN]

Thank you for this information. I hope it is accurate. The larger question is, also, when will there be a native version for the new ARM processor Windows Machines? (Larger because there are more windows users.) Also, that would also run under parallels. This all begs the question, why are they deciding this so late? I will seek to find alternate confirmation of what @MonikaK1 is saying... 

[TAXHELLAGAIN]

@MonikaK1,

Thank you for this information. Since I have been unable to verify the information you are providing, independently, could you say what the source of this information is?  Did the development team say this?  Phone tech support says they had no way to verify this information. Note: H&R Block's software also does not have an Apple Silicon binary as of yet.

Intuit and H&R Block are the only two major software providers that don't have Native Apple Silicon binaries available. Ironically, the first software company that had a native binary for the Apple Silicon Processor was the newly spun off/sold company "Quicken Inc.". Their new "Quicken for Mac" binary was released the same week that the first retail M1 Mac was shipped in November 2020... 

Thank you.