No matter how I enter in the date, or what dates I enter, I am still getting the same "you did not enter a 12 month period" message. I am on a MAC trying to backfile for Tax Year 2014.
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Are you trying to use the current online software to do this? (It looks like you are posting from online Deluxe) You cannot use 2016 software. Look carefully at what that first screen you posted says about the dates. It says the 12 month period has to include some time during the tax year--2016--and you say you are trying to file for time during 2014.
To file a return for a prior tax year
Only a 2016 return can be prepared online and e-filed.
If you need to prepare a return for 2014 or 2015 you can purchase and download desktop software to do it, then print, sign, and mail the return(s)
https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/
(if you want to prepare on paper for free: )
You can download the Forms and Instructions from the IRS web site:
https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs
Remember to prepare your state return as well—if you live in a state that has a state income tax.
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