Accessing and Downloading Prior Year Returns
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To view or download prior-year income tax returns in TaxAct:

  1. Sign in to your TaxAct account, then click the My Tax Returns tile.
  2. Locate the relevant return, then click the arrow in the Actions column for that return.
  3. Select Download Return from the dropdown menu.

Returns are archived on your TaxAct Account for seven (7) years after the tax year, and will be deleted on May 1st of the seventh year. For example, 2018 returns will be deleted on May 1, 2025; 2019 returns will be deleted on May 1, 2026; and so on.

TaxAct doesn't archive returns on your TaxAct Account if the return was created in the TaxAct Desktop or TaxAct Professional Editions.  For more information, see:


If you can't find a saved return in your TaxAct account or in your own files, read our article IRS - Obtain Copy of Tax Return.