How do I export a .txf file FROM Turbotax?

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June 6, 2020
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macuser_22

Employee

TurboTax data files are .tax2019 files that can only be read with the TurboTax software or .pdf files that can be read with a pdf viewer.

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Critter

Employee

You can DOWNLOAD the .tax file ...

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VolvoGirl

Employee

What do you need .txf file for? You import a .txf File into Turbo Tax. Do you want to import your tax return into Quicken?

marceyleeAuthor

Thank you for asking "why." I can't afford turbotax anymore. i'm migrating to HR Block. Last year I spent $200 on my tax return. HR Block wants TXF file for import. I already know about the pdf and .tax files and none of these file formats work with HR Block. I need to get out of TurboTax not in.

macuser_22

Employee

Why would TurboTax support a file format that can only be used in a competitors product (obvious answer)?

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lyle7

In particular one case is if one has a couple of businesses run thru the turbotax business product that produce k-1 for your personal tax return.

VolvoGirl

Employee

Sorry, You can only import a K-1 to the Desktop CD/Download Software, not to Online version and if you can get a .txf file for it and in the right format. Apparently you can only import K-1s for MLPs and not Trusts or Estates. You can not import a K-1 from Turbo Tax Business Program.

wooodworker

I need to export my prior year tax return as a TXF file. Turbotax will not let me do that. It is like they have a copyright on MY ax return. It is MY information, not Turbotax's. Turbotax needs to grant access to income tax returns via any format, not just their programs

SForrestLO

Did you use the online version or CD/Download for your prior year?

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bg407

I used the online version last year. I need a tfx file to import last year's return into a different tax program. Turbo tax needs to be more helpful like that - I did pay a lot of money last year to use your software. Plus if they charged less money, I would have used it again this year.