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October 16, 2024
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Past Taxes

  • October 16, 2024
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I need PDF's of my past taxes to 2011

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    VolvoGirl
    Employee
    October 16, 2024

    Turbo Tax and the IRS only keeps the last 7 years. If they still have it……..
    How to Access prior year online returns
    https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/00/27010

    If you can't get the side menus to open up to access the prior year..... You need to start entering some basic Personal Info in 2023 for the side menu to open up. Just continue a little ways into 2023. I had to go though about 12 screens.

    If you used the Desktop CD/Download program then the only copy is on your computer and not saved or stored online. So you need to make and keep your own backups.

    Or request a transcript from the IRS
    https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

    Or get a copy of your return using form 4506
    https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

    Employee
    October 16, 2024

    Sorry---any files earlier than seven years ago 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 $30, an actual copy of your tax return.

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

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

     

     

     

    SAVE YOUR TAX RETURNS !

     

    EVERY year before mid-October you should save a copy of your tax return as a pdf and print a copy of it for your records.  That way you will not be searching online frantically when you need it for a lender, FAFSA forms, your next tax return, etc. 

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900937-why-should-i-save-a-pdf-copy-of-my-return

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899779-what-s-the-difference-between-the-tax-data-file-and-the-pdf-file

     

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1912466-how-do-i-save-my-return-as-a-pdf-in-the-turbotax-software-for-windows

     

     

    NOTE:  TurboTax and the IRS save returns for seven years.  Returns older than seven years are purged.

     

    **Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**