I am looking for last year's return. when I try to logon it treats me like a new customer and i cannot find my previous returns

If you signed in with the same user credentials as last year, your prior year return should be under 'Your Tax Returns and Documents'.

If this is your first time signing in this year:

First time signing in this year

Note: If your TurboTax navigation looks different from what’s described here, learn more.

1. Sign in to your TurboTax account and select Continue on the screen showing your prior-year summary. Make sure you're using the same TurboTax account (user ID) as in prior years.
2. On the second screen showing product and pricing, scroll down and select Your tax returns & documents.
3. Select the year you want, then select Download/print return (PDF).
   • If the year you're looking for isn't there, it might be in a different account. Go here to find all of your accounts. One of them should have the return you're looking for.

Here's more info on How to Access a Prior Year Return.