What is a TAX2017 File Type?
With TurboTax, you can import data from your previous tax return into a new document called T2017 TAX. You can select using a tax return that is on my computer when prompted at the beginning of the tax return process. If you want to import data from a 2016 TurboTax report, select the file with l' extension .TAX2016. You can import data from the 2016 TaxACT and H & R Block .PDF tax files.
If you are using the desktop version of TurboTax, which is available for Windows and Mac, you will probably only see a TAX2017 file. The TAX2017 file can also be exported from TurboTax Online. To export a TAX2017 file from TurboTax Online, click Tools, ", and then select Save your return 2017 on your computer. You can open the report in the OA version of TurboTax.
Once you have completed your return in TurboTax, you can mail and print the tax forms or send the 2017 return electronically. There is no charge for filing federal returns, but usually there are fees to file electronically.
Most T2017 TAX files are created in 2018 since the annual income tax returns are filed for the previous year.