How to extract text from your TAX2018 file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your TAX2018 file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert TAX2018 to another file type
To convert your TAX2018 file to another format, you need Intuit TurboTax 2018 or other Data software.
- TAX2018 to CSV
- TAX2018 to JSON
- TAX2018 to XML
- TAX2018 to YAML
- TAX2018 to YML
- TAX2018 to TOML
- TAX2018 to INI
- TAX2018 to CFG
- TAX2018 to CONF
- TAX2018 to DAT
- TAX2018 to DB
- TAX2018 to SQL
Convert a file to TAX2018
To convert other file formats to the "Tax Return Data" file type, you need software like Intuit TurboTax 2018 or a similar tool.
- DBF to TAX2018
- XML to TAX2018
- SQLITE to TAX2018
- XLSX to TAX2018
- SQL to TAX2018
- TSV to TAX2018
- ACCDB to TAX2018
- YAML to TAX2018
- MDB to TAX2018
- CSV to TAX2018
- ODS to TAX2018
- JSON to TAX2018
About TAX2018 files
The .tax2018 file is a proprietary data archive generated exclusively by Intuit TurboTax to store US tax return information for the 2018 tax year. Internally, these files often utilize ZIP compression to package XML data and a manifest, but they are structured specifically for the TurboTax engine and are not intended to be unzipped manually. A common problem is the strict version lock-in: a .tax2018 file can only be opened by the specific 2018 release of the software; it is incompatible with Microsoft Excel, text editors, or even newer versions of TurboTax (except for data transfer). This creates a challenge for users who have uninstalled the old software but need to provide a tax return for a mortgage or audit. For practical use, the best conversion target is PDF for universal viewing and archiving. To achieve this, the file must be opened in the legacy 2018 software and 'printed' to PDF, as no third-party converter can legally or accurately parse the proprietary tax logic.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TAX2018 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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The TAX2018 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 TAX2018 converter.