In the right pane, select Open file location. By default, TurboTax saves tax files in the My Documents TurboTax folder. After locating the tax file in its folder, open your tax return using the same version of TurboTax for that year. For example, open your 2023 return in the TurboTax 2023 program and your 2022 return in TurboTax 2022.

2019年6月4日 · The TurboTax 2018 tax data file, which has a file extension of .tax2018, is stored by default in the Documents directory and in the TurboTax folder. If not in the folder then do a hard drive search for the the tax data file, wild card search *.tax*. If not found then look in the Recycle Bin if using a Windows OS.

2024年12月17日 · Search for .tax files. Important: To open your tax file in TurboTax, you'll need the same version of TurboTax as the tax file's year. For example, you'll need to open your 2024 tax return in TurboTax 2024. Note: We can't retrieve tax returns that were prepared in TurboTax Desktop software because your data is stored locally on your computer's ...

2019年6月7日 · Y our tax data file can be read and edited in the TurboTax program, whereas your PDF file is a non-editable "snapshot" of your tax return that can be opened, viewed, and printed in a PDF viewer program.

2020年4月7日 · The only way to open a TurboTax .tax file is with the CD/Download TurboTax software for the corresponding year. For example, to open a .tax2019 file you need the TurboTax software for 2019. If you really have a .tax file, not .tax20xx, that is a very old file, from 2007 or earlier. TurboTax files for 2008 and later have the year included in the ...

2021年2月19日 · Then open your file. So you first might need to start a fake return to be able to download the state program (go to FILE - NEW). Enter some basic information, then go to the state tab and download the state program. Then try to open your existing return, go to FILE - …

2023年2月26日 · Then when you open TurboTax, you should see your file in the continue box. You can also, open TurboTax, click on the File menu, choose open, browse to where you have your .tax. You can then open the .tax file, when you are ready to save, click on File menu, Save As, save your return to the TurboTax directory.

2019年6月5日 · If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created. TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.

2019年11月25日 · If you downloaded the tax data file from the online edition, the data file can only be opened by the TurboTax software for the same tax year as the tax data file. The tax data file will have a file extension of .taxyyyy where yyyy is the tax year, eg .tax2018 for tax year 2018. If you download the PDF of the online tax return that file can be ...

2024年12月17日 · TurboTax can save your tax return as a tax data file (also called a tax file, data file, or a .tax file) and as a Portable Document Format (PDF). Your tax data file can be opened, read, and edited in TurboTax. Your PDF is a noneditable "snapshot" of your tax return that can be opened, read, and printed in a PDF viewer program.