Question

How can I open TurboTax Desktop without updating it?

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
March 21, 2023
1 reply
0 views

I bought TurboTax Deluxe 2022 with State on a CD for my desktop PC. I have already filed my federal and state returns. Today, I need to save a pdf file of my combined federal and state returns. However, when I launch TurboTax 2022 desktop, it insists that I update TurboTax. I do not want to do that. If I get audited, I want to have the exact version of TurboTax Desktop that I used when I filed, not an updated TurboTax that might produce a different tax return and get me in trouble.

I have used TurboTax for over a decade. I have always been able to open a tax return after filing without having to update TurboTax. This year, it does not allow that. How can I open TurboTax 2022 for the purposes of printing to pdf file without updating TurboTax?

Thanks!

C

CarissaM

You can try the suggestion by @Dopus17 here, as it may help you bypass the update. @Steve_E

**Say "Thanks" by clicking the thumb icon in a post**Mark the post that answers your question by clicking on "Mark as Best Answer"

S

Steve_EAuthor

@CarissaM When I click on the link in your reply, all I see is a Member Profile for Dopus17. There is no post. There is no reply. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

M

mesquitebean

Neither of those solutions (disconnecting from internet or cancelling the update) worked for me. I'm trying to open a previous year's version and not having it update and goon everything up. Since it is for a previous year's version I can't use the online version and change my preferences about updating there. There should be an officially sanctioned way to do this without having to be a hacker.

@ jamesjenkins5313 wrote:
Neither of those solutions (disconnecting from internet or cancelling the update) worked for me. I'm trying to open a previous year's version and not having it update and goon everything up. Since it is for a previous year's version I can't use the online version and change my preferences about updating there. There should be an officially sanctioned way to do this without having to be a hacker.

People may need to know if you are using the Windows or Mac version of desktop TurboTax.

What are you trying to achieve in regards to the past-year return? Did you already file that previous year, and now you want to review it in the past-version program, or do you need to amend the past return, prepare a PDF, or what? What happened when you disconnected from the Internet before launching that previous TurboTax program?

BTW, before you re-open the past *.taxYYYY data file you should make a backup copy and archive it somewhere. Then in case anything goes wrong you'll always have a copy of the official data file "as filed." I realize you can't do the following unless you can successfully get in, but I also make 2 PDFs to backup in my records--one that is the return "as filed", and one that is the return with all the extra pages and TurboTax worksheets.