That’s because turbotax can easily transfer information from last year’s tax return. Turbotax allows importing prior year tax data early in the process, but you can also transfer it later by accessing the import section from the main menu Navigate to the deductions area, then look for an option like 'import last year’s tax return' or 'transfer prior data.' In this edition of tax tips, we'll show you how you can easily transfer information from last year's return Turbotax makes transferring data hassle free and with no retyping required. Generally people will want to transfer their data from the filed return of the previous year into the return for the current year in the current year's tax software so i think you are outside a typical use case.
Turbotax desktop for windows will transfer last year's tax data file (.tax2024 file) or pdf from the 2024 version of turbotax desktop or online It even transfers pdfs created in taxact or h&r block tax prep software. Unfortunately, you can't import your previous tax year's data from turbotax online to turbotax desktop Turbotax online can't export anything other than a pdf file, and turbotax desktop can't open pdf files.
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