I filed on 01/13/20, the status says "pending". It hasn't been accepted yet and I was curious if this is normal or I should be concerned?

[ee-ea · Accepted solution]

See this from the IRS   https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-opens-2020-filing-season-for-individual-filers-on-jan-27

[Anonymous]

you don't receive an acceptance or rejection e-mail until the iRS processes it.  with a backlog form the opening it may actually take a couple of days longer