Turbotax license code on different computers and accounts

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January 14, 2024
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My son purchased Turbotax Home & Business software (download version). My son installed it on his computer and now I installed it on my computer. After installation, it asked me to assign in with my Turbotax account first which I did, then it asked to enter the license code. After that, Turbotax software said "This license code is already linked to another account. Try login with another account".

To my understanding, Turbotax license code can be used on 3 computers, can we use different Turbotax login on 3 different computers with the same license code?

TurboTax Home & Biz Windows

Best answer by rjs

Your son can install his TurboTax download on up to 5 computers that he owns. But all the installations have to use the same account. He can use the same license code on up to 5 different computers that he owns, but they all have to use the same account.

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BJ53

Why the h*** would anyone own 5 different computers and need to file 5 returns of his/her own?????? This is super deceitful and doesn't make any sense.

Critter-3

To keep folks from buying one download and illegally selling copies of the download to others the TT program now requires all 5 downloads to be registered using the same user's account.

If you are using the download for multiple family members (like your kids who use their own computers) you should have no qualms about giving them your userID and password to your account. This only registers the download to each computer ... at no time will they be able to see the returns on your computer and you will not see their returns on their computer.