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TURBO TAX 2012 SAVED AS PDF HOW TO GET BACK TO ORIGINAL

completed lengthy 2012 tax return and saved as pdf and turbo tax file. unfortunately son with 5 minute return has same first initial and i overwrote mine when i saved his in turbo tax BUT still have the PDF for my long return. how can i convert to get back into program to e file etc......

it comes up under all files but pdf is obviously not the right format

Love to save the 8 plus hours re-entering thanks


brian tinney


5 Answers

Voted Best Answer

You can't. Your only option is to re-enter the data. PDF does not know anything about the file format that was used to generate the file. If you are using a Mac, and have TimeMachine enabled, you can get the files back by using TimeMachine.

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By Karl Heinz Kremer   

I agree with the expert. When you overwrite the TurboTax data file (*.tax), you really do overwrite the file. A PDF does not contain the data necessary to recreate the data file. Wish I had a better answer.

Bob Meighan, VP TurboTax


Robert Meighan   

I am reading on line that the pdf file first must be converted to csv and then to txf. But I can't find a converter to do this for Mac.Any suggestions?


carol hayes   

Carol Hayes... You cannot convert a PDF to csv.

Bob Meighan, VP TurboTax


Robert Meighan   

Although this topic is old, I thought I'd chime in.

TurboTax does have a feature where the PDF version of a return can be imported into their software. Unfortunately, it is designed to take a prior year's return from TaxCut or Tax Act (primarily) and import it to the current year's TurboTax file. (i.e. Import Last Year's Data) Sadly, it doesn't usually work (poor implementation on TurboTax's part).

Also, there are ways to get from PDF to csv, but in this case, it wouldn't be appropriate.


Shawn Ulibarri   

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