No one will be starting a 2018 tax return until the software for 2018 becomes available. That will be late November/December, and actual filing will not be likely until late January or even later. The current online software is for preparing a 2017 return.
did you use turbotax for the 2016 year that you filed in 2017. It wants to pull the information from that return to start out your 2017 return. If you are using online program the Only year that it there is 2017. It you use the same user name as prior years you have history .
Read your original post above paying attention to the years you typed. You're contradicting your self. Edit your post as necessary so we know "for a fact" what tax year you are talking about. TTX 2018 will not be available until Dec 2017 at the earliest. With th e massive changes in the tax laws for 2018, I'm not expecting it in early Dec either.
You should download your both 2017 PDF and tax data file now, so you have backup copies just in case you need them. They may not be available between October 15 and December 15.
When turbotax opens for the season, usually in December, it will automatically transfer your 2017 data if you use the same online account. But it's not ready quite yet.
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I just signed in and wanted to start my 2018 taxes. However, I am being asked for 2016 tax return. How do I get to 2017 tax return?
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No one will be starting a 2018 tax return until the software for 2018 becomes available. That will be late November/December, and actual filing will not be likely until late January or even later. The current online software is for preparing a 2017 return.
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did you use turbotax for the 2016 year that you filed in 2017. It wants to pull the information from that return to start out your 2017 return. If you are using online program the Only year that it there is 2017. It you use the same user name as prior years you have history .
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Be careful not to overwrite your real 2017 return! Online is still for doing 2017.
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Read your original post above paying attention to the years you typed. You're contradicting your self. Edit your post as necessary so we know "for a fact" what tax year you are talking about. TTX 2018 will not be available until Dec 2017 at the earliest. With th e massive changes in the tax laws for 2018, I'm not expecting it in early Dec either.
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@Carl TT2018 will not be released until late 2018 :)
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Good to know. I've had my doubts that it would be released before Jan 2019 anyway.
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@Carl Carl, look at what you said--...."...will not be available until December 2017...." This is 2018. Time flies when you're having fun.
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Ah yes it does!
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Yes - I got excited about starting 2018 taxes, I should have known that 2018 software would not be ready yet. Thanks for your assistance.
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you can play around with taxcaster to give you an idea of what your liability will be https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/taxcaster/
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You should download your both 2017 PDF and tax data file now, so you have backup copies just in case you need them. They may not be available between October 15 and December 15.
When turbotax opens for the season, usually in December, it will automatically transfer your 2017 data if you use the same online account. But it's not ready quite yet.
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