TAX13 Converter

Extract text from TurboTax 2013 tax returns (TAX13)


Drop or upload your .TAX13 file
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How to extract text from your TAX13 file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your TAX13 file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert TAX13 to another file type

To convert TAX13 tax returns to another format, you need TurboTax 2013 or other Data software.

Convert a file to TAX13

To convert other file formats to the "Financial Data File" file type, you need software like TurboTax 2013 or a similar tool.


About TAX13 files

The .TAX13 file format stores U.S. and Canadian tax return data prepared using the 2013 desktop version of TurboTax, developed by Intuit. It contains highly sensitive financial records, forms, and user inputs for that specific tax year. This format is completely proprietary and heavily structured. You cannot open it natively in web browsers, standard text editors, or standard document viewers. It also cannot be opened by newer versions of TurboTax, as Intuit restricts backwards compatibility to only a few preceding years. Users typically need to convert .TAX13 to PDF for permanent archiving or printing. Unfortunately, because the format is closed and encrypted, standard online converters fail to process it. Usually, only the original TurboTax 2013 software can accurately read the data and export the return. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or extraction of plain text data may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your TAX13 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert TAX13 file to , you can use TurboTax 2013 or similar software from the "Tax Return Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to TAX13, try TurboTax 2013 or another comparable tool in the "Tax Return Data Storage" category.



The TAX13 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 TAX13 converter.