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What does it say when you check your e-file status?
https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/
e-filing is not open yet, so I don't even know if Turbotax would send out just a "submitted" email. Efiling opens 1/26/2026, but with all the returns efiled on opening day, it might be a day or two later when you get the submitted and then the accepted or rejected email from Turbotax.
@Mike9241 TurboTax began to allow users to "e-file" on 1-6. But as we know, all those e-files will simply sit on the servers until the IRS begins to accept/reject e-files on January 26. Users might get an email that says the return was "transmitted"---but it will be weeks before they get another email with news of being accepted or rejected.
@xmasbaby0 Feel a little sorry for those who filed that early. Hopefully, they aren't affected by software bugs or getting additional tax forms that weren't included in their original filing. I responded to an op who had filed early just to get a 1099 afterwards
@Mike9241 Agreed totally! It seems no matter how we try to discourage early filing, some cannot be dissuaded, and then they receive forgotten W-2's, 1099's, 1098-T's, etc. etc. etc. and we have the unenviable task of breaking the news that they cannot fix their returns while they are stuck in "pending" and that they may end up facing the months-long process of amending.
And, of course, TTX software does not know if you've entered everything. It's up to you to determine/know if you've entered all your income form all sources. TTX can't know what sources of income you have.
Then you walk thru all the potential Deductions&Credits options, before going thru the final error checks.
Don't attempt to file before the end of January....you may get some more tax forms in the mail you forgot to include, and they can't be slipped into a tax return you've already pushed the file/transmit button for (and, perhaps, is sitting on a TTX sever at this point, and waiting for IRS to access).
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