Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your T19 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert T19 to another file type
To convert T19 tax returns to another format, you need TaxAct or other Data software.
Convert a file to T19
To convert other file formats to the "Tax Return File" file type, you need software like TaxAct or a similar tool.
About T19 files
A .t19 file stores an individual or corporate tax return for the 2019 tax year. Several desktop tax preparation programs use this exact extension, primarily TaxAct, UFile, and H&R Block. These files contain sensitive personal and financial data, including income statements, deductions, and personal identification. This format has severe disadvantages. It is strictly proprietary, undocumented, and often encrypted to protect the user's financial data. It is also locked to the 2019 software version. You cannot natively edit a .t19 file in the 2020 version of the same software because tax laws change every year. This means you must keep obsolete software installed or pay subscription fees just to view your old tax return. You cannot open these files in a web browser or a standard text editor. Most users need to convert .t19 to a standard .PDF file to read, print, or send their tax return to a bank or accountant. Standard online converters fail to process these files because the data structure is closed and heavily protected. Often, only the original tax software can properly read the file and export the data. Just drag and drop your file into convert.guru to see what it is and convert it if supported. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show plain text or internal content. If our analysis detects an embedded printable format or standard database structure, viewing or extraction may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your T19 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert T19 file to H4, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT or DB, you can use TaxAct or similar software from the "2019 Tax Return Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to T19, try TaxAct or another comparable tool in the "2019 Tax Return Storage" category.
The T19 Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our T19 converter.