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> I am glad there are still desktop versions where I can keep the software indefinitely

That's useless for tax software though, unless they are getting updated every tax year.

I recently had to go back and file an amended return for one state and file a return for an additional state for the past 5 years. It made my life a lot easier to be able to just install the past 5 years versions of TurboTax Desktop which I had saved the installers for. I was able to run through this whole process using the tax rules that were in place at the time.

Not sure if this would have worked on a web version or not, but I was pretty happy to have this option available to me.

Older versions of the software are useful for reviewing historical records and calculations in context.

Last night while preparing my 2021 return I opened up the 2020 software with my old return to review what I had done in the prior year.

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