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February 8, 2023
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Installed 2021 Turbo Tax on a new computer. How do I get the information I entered before pulled in to 2021?

  • February 8, 2023
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Opened 2021 and it wants me to start again.  How do I get that data back without entering my data all over again?

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VolvoGirl
Employee
February 8, 2023

Do you have the .tax2021 file on the new computer?  After you get the program installed the first thing to do before you open your tax return is to update the program and install any state programs you had. 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 Tax Return).

 

Then go to FILE -Open and find your return.

 

 See this article on how to move your tax return to another computer…….

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-data-file/help/how-do-i-move-my-tax-data-file-to-another-computer/00/26128

Critter-3
February 8, 2023

Save your .taxfiles from the old computer to a thumb drive and move them to the new computer. 

Carl11_2
Employee
February 8, 2023

Installed 2021 TurboTax on a new computer.

Ummmmm... did you mean to say you installed TurboTax 2022? If you really mean tax year 2021, then you need to inform us how you started your 2021 return last year, originally. Did you use the online version of the program? If yes, then you need to log into the same exact logon account you used last year and download the .tax2021 file to your computer and place it in the documents\turbotax directory on your computer.

If TurboTax 2021 doesn't find it when you open the 2021 tax program, then click FILE - OPEN and navigate to the documents\turbotax directory and select the .tax2021 file to open it.