If i buy turbo tax, can I do back taxes?

Question

my husband got a letter in the mail stating that he needed to file 2002-2003 taxes.. which he knows he did them because his father was the one that did them for him and mailed them in (he was living at home).. but they can't find the paper work, so he has to redo them.. can i buy turbo tax and just use that instead of trying to do them by hand (i have no idea what I am doing) or even doing them online and spending 40$ per return.

Answer 1

no, all back taxes must be mailed in. It is now too late to efile for 2007

Answer 2

Honestly I do not think so. Unless you can get a copy of the 2002-2003 version of Turbo Tax. I have attached a link for you to download (in pdf form) the 2002 1040ez(which I assume that he would use) and next to it are the instructions.

Answer 3

This is not good.  The IRS doesn't ask for tax returns unless a bare bones tax return (standard deduction, 1 exemption) owes money.

You can go to irs.gov and get the blank forms by typing 2002 in the search box and following the link.  You can get his income statements by sending the irs a form 4506-T.  

As for software, I hope you have an old computer.  (Ask around--I've got 2002 software on the machine I'm typing on, so maybe one of his friend's would let him come over and borrow the computer....)   (Stupid question, did DAD have a computer?  Does he still have the computer?  May the return is still on the harddrive.)

Turbotax 2003 is available ("past year's products" is a link at the bottom of the home page).  It's $45.  I'm surprised 2002 isn't since the IRS often goes back at least 6 years.

Taxcut carries their software all the way back to 1992. They want $50 a pop.  The site doesn't give hardware specs, but I'm running windows xp and I can see 2002 on my program list.  I've used both Turbotax and Taxcut and they are very similar.

Answer 4

There is a different version of turbotax for each tax year.

2003 turbotax can still be purchased.

http://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxe...

You can call intuit and see if the 2002 program is still available, or you can take a look on ebay and see if anyone has prior year versions for sale.

You won't find a place to do prior year tax returns online.

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I looked on ebay...2002 and 2003 versions are for sale there, but they fetch more $$$ than I thought they would.