Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your TAX2019 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert TAX2019 to another file type
To convert TAX2019 tax returns to another format, you need TurboTax or other Data software.
Convert a file to TAX2019
To convert other file formats to the "Tax Return File" file type, you need software like TurboTax or a similar tool.
About TAX2019 files
A .TAX2019 file is a proprietary tax return document created by Intuit TurboTax specifically for the 2019 tax year. It stores the taxpayer's personal and financial information entered into the software. To open and properly read these files, users must use the exact 2019 desktop version of TurboTax. You need to convert this file because the format is highly restrictive. It is proprietary, locks your financial data into an expensive software ecosystem, and requires an outdated application to open. It is not supported by web browsers or standard text editors. The best target format is PDF for long-term archiving and printing, though generating a perfect visual replica requires the original software. If you simply need the raw data, converting or extracting to XML or ZIP is the best alternative. This file format is difficult to open or convert because it relies on closed, proprietary schemas created by Intuit. Because of this, standard online converters fail to process it into a printable tax form. However, just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to see what it is and convert it if supported. Our analysis can inspect the internal ZIP structure of the file and often extract the raw XML data for you to view.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TAX2019 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert TAX2019 file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use TurboTax or similar software from the "Tax Return Data 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 TAX2019, try TurboTax or another comparable tool in the "Tax Return Data Storage" category.
The TAX2019 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 TAX2019 converter.