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Looking for Turbotax TXF file format specification

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October 9, 2020
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Can someone point me to where Intuit is keeping the TXF file format specification? We would like to make .txf files of Schedule K-1 available to the users of our Geppetto Smart Document Automation system.

Best answer by TheLittleDuke

Found this -- presumably it's the latest version?

https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/master/examples/TXF-spec-v042.org

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TheLittleDukeAuthorAnswer

Found this -- presumably it's the latest version?

https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/master/examples/TXF-spec-v042.org

Carl11_2

Employee

The TXF file format is not a TurboTax spec. It's an industry standard and you can find it at numerous places on the Internet by soing a simple google search for it.

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TheLittleDukeAuthor

It used to be hosted here and the spec cites intuit as a maintainer. Do you know if there is a version beyond the 2011 V42 we should be writing to?

macuser_22

Employee

@TheLittleDuke - I think you misunderstand. TurboTax forms are NOT in TXF format. TurboTax allows you to *import* certain tax information from other programs such as Quicken in TXF format. TurboTax forms are in a format that can only be read by the TurboTax software.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/entering-importing/help/how-do-i-import-from-the-txf-file/01/25642

**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**

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milgeek

You can find the latest version (42) on the internet archive for turbotax. This webpage was archived on 2012-11-03. The spec was updated 2011-11-30

https://web.archive.org/web/20121103033816/http://turbotax.intuit.com/txf/TXF042.jsp

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taxi4574

You can also find the same specification in the Archive.org copy of the intuit website.

https://web.archive.org/web/201211
03033816/http://turbotax.intuit.com/txf/TXF042.jsp

macuser_22

Employee

TXF is a standard "Tax Exchange Format" and not TurboTax.

https://taxdataexchange.org/docs/txf/v042/index.html

**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**