TAX15 Converter

Extract text from TurboTax 2015 tax returns (TAX15)


Drop or upload your .TAX15 file
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How to extract text from your TAX15 file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your TAX15 file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert TAX15 to another file type

To convert TAX15 tax returns to another format, you need TurboTax 2015 or other Data software.

Convert a file to TAX15

To convert other file formats to the "Tax Return File" file type, you need software like TurboTax 2015 or a similar tool.


About TAX15 files

The .TAX15 file extension stores tax return data created by the 2015 desktop version of TurboTax. It holds federal and state tax forms, personal financial data, and mathematical calculation states.

This format is strictly proprietary and locked to a single software release. .TAX15 files depend entirely on the 2015 software. You cannot open them in web browsers, standard document editors, or newer TurboTax versions. Finding an old 2015 installer is extremely difficult today. Furthermore, these files often use strong encryption to protect sensitive financial data.

Users usually need to convert .TAX15 to PDF for long-term storage, printing, or sharing with accountants. Because it is a closed format, standard online converters always fail to process it. This file format is difficult to open because only the original Intuit software can legally and technically read the data. If our analysis detects a supported embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your TAX15 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert TAX15 file to XLS, XLSX, XLSM, XLSB, ODS, CSV, TSV, TAB, DIF, SLK, WK1 or WK3, you can use TurboTax 2015 or similar software from the "Tax Return Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert WQ1, XLSM, NOTES, QPW, WK3, WB2, WKS, XLSB, 123, XLS, WB1 or XLSX files to TAX15, try TurboTax 2015 or another comparable tool in the "Tax Return Data Storage" category.



The TAX15 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 TAX15 converter.