I stumbled across this a few years ago.... and had to re-establish the BASIS for tracking. We took a very early retirement, and have not made IRA contributions for a couple of years. Now - Nov 2018 - I'm thinking about doing a Roth Conversion - and again - have to wade thru the non-existent IRA tracking to find the last good BASIS numbers.  I would really like to have TT carry forward any and all IRA trackiing information, even if we stop making any IRA contributions - it's not like our IRA holdings just fell off a cliff.... ... View more

ok - so you have pointed out that the thread(s) are over a year old - and have no relavance to the 2019 shutdown. - SO.... exactly what are the implications for attempting to file using TT during this period ... unless of course - they are exactly the same as a year ago - ... View more

and.... anything different for the January 2019 shutdown - ? ... View more

What about the January 2019 shutdown - is the answer and logistics the same.... or different ? ... View more

tnx for the reply and links.... Details - ok Version - ok - still is weird to have text of Rxx - but not list the versions anywhere in the details Updater - weird - it must have been turned OFF somehow, as it was always ON ... View more

How come clicking on the DETAILS hotlink in the desktop software merely takes you to the TTax home page - AND - it totally re-sizes my browser window into a portrait mode AND - how to tell which update I have installed... see nothing about R25 in the --> Help --> About Quicken --> Version AND - why does it NOT find the updates upon startup, but does find them via the --> Online --> Check For Updates ... View more

After getting bitten a couple of times on this .... I now know about keeping the TT IRA Info Worksheet vs just the 8606 - and print off several copies and save the PDF - So there is now a paper copy in each IRA folder, and a paper copy with every yearly tax folder and the PDF in the TT documents sub-directory ... View more

I wish that TTax would retain the records for the Cost Basis - if you skip a year and then pick it up again, the previous data is NOT retained, and the new form implies you have NO HISTORY of contributions. ... View more

I wish that TTax would retain the records for the Cost Basis - if you skip a year and then pick it up again, the previous data is NOT retained, and the new form implies you have NO HISTORY of contributions. ... View more