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September 16, 2021
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Can I download my 2018 taxes from turbo tax?

  • September 16, 2021
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I didn’t file with TT for since 2018 and now that I’m attempting to download 2018 taxes which I filled I’m unable.

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Employee
September 16, 2021

No.  TurboTax cannot get your 2018 return if you did not use TurboTax software.   You can get a free transcript from the IRS or you can pay the IRS $43 for a copy of your return.

 

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

 

Or you can pay the IRS $43 for an actual copy of your tax return which will include copies of your W-2’s     

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf 

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Employee
September 16, 2021

Or---did I misunderstand----do you mean that you prepared a 2018 return using TurboTax but you did not file it?  If you want to file it now, you have to pay your TurboTax fees and then print, sign and mail it in.  It cannot be e-filed.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900990-how-do-i-file-a-prior-year-tax-return

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Employee
September 16, 2021

Or----do you mean you used TT for 2018 and you want a copy   (Your question was pretty unclear).

 

  You have to access your own account and/or  print it for yourself using exactly the same account and user ID that you used when you prepared the return.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/01/27010

 

Many people have multiple TT accounts and forget how to access them.  Log out of the account you are in now.

 

Account recovery

https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery/

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901535-forgot-your-turbotax-online-user-id-or-password

Or did you use the desktop version of TurboTax?  If so, the files are on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901486-how-many-turbotax-accounts-do-i-have

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901535

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901659-find-your-tax-data-file-in-mac

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900721-find-your-tax-data-file-tax-file-in-windows

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