You may receive the following error message when trying to open your file in TurboTax Desktop:
The tax return you are attempting to load contains one or more state tax forms which are not installed on this machine. Please install state(s) to continue.
Solution
- Select Start a New Return.
- Go to the State Taxes tab.
- Download the states you need.
- There may be a fee if you need more than one state or if your version of TurboTax doesn't include one free state download.
- Close TurboTax.
- Reopen TurboTax.
- Open the file that generated the error.