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March 28, 2024
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Past tax returns

  • March 28, 2024
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I was filing jointly with my husband from 2009 to 2019. I am filing married but filing separately for 2020 onwards as we were separated and now divorcing. For divorce i need to present joint tax returns from 2016 to 2019. My husband all these years joint tax returns via Turbo tax. Can i retrieve the past returns from 2016 to 2019?

 

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    Employee
    March 28, 2024

    You can try-----2016 is "iffy" ----TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years; after seven years they are gone.

     

     

      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.

     

    Start a 2023 return online and enter some personal information  so that the menu on the left opens up and lets you access your past year returns.

     

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

     

     

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

     

    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/1901659-find-your-tax-data-file-in-mac

     

     

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US?uid=lro5b507

     

     

    You can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $43, an actual copy of your tax return.

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

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

     

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