I see the letter "2024 Verification of Non-Filing Letter" on my IRS site today, but I filed via TurboTax & my Federal return has been accepted (on time). Is this normal?

[sbsvwa]

I checked my transcript today on the IRS site (helping my daughter with her return) and noticed the letter posted by the IRS today, April 15th. My own return was filed early this morning (April 15th) and it's already been accepted by the IRS (also on April 15th). Is this normal for the IRS to post this as if I haven't filed yet? The text of the letter reads: "On April 15, 2025, we received a request for verification of non-filing of a tax return. As of the date of this letter, we have no record of a processed tax return for the tax period listed above. If you have any questions, you can call 800-829-1040."

[CatinaT1]

You will need to contact the IRS for information. It might be easiest to set up an account with them.

IRS Individual Online Account  

• Taxpayers with a Social Security number or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number can create or access their IRS Individual Online Account to get information they need to file their return.
• With an IRS Individual Online Account, people can:
• View balance owed, payment history and schedule payments.
• Cancel scheduled payments.
• Get transcripts.
• View or create payment plans.
• See digital copies of some IRS notices.
• View key data from their most recently filed tax return, including adjusted gross income.
• Validate bank accounts and save multiple accounts, eliminating the need to re-enter bank account information every time they make a payment.
• View, approve and electronically sign power of attorney and tax information authorizations from their tax professional. 

[fanfare]

IRS has not entered your filed return yet.

That means it is on hold for some reason.

Look under Notices to see if IRS is waiting for a response to a letter they sent you.

@sbsvwa 

[mesquitebean]

@ sbsvwa 

The option to get that Verification of Non-Filing letter has likely been in your Online IRS account for weeks.  It's not dated until you view it.  Whenever you click to view, it places the current date in the letter.  So if you click on it on April 15, the letter will say April 15.

AFAIK, everyone starts off with a "Verification of Non-Filing Letter" available for download in their online IRS account transcript section, until/unless one files a return.  i.e., it's the default.  It shows up there initially for convenience of someone who hasn't filed.   My account also showed that "Non-Filing" letter option for weeks until I actually did file, and the IRS began to process it.   When they start processing, the transcript initializes, and they allow some of the basic 2024 transcript data to show up, then all the info.   As @fanfare explained, they probably have just not started processing it and thus haven't initialized the transcript yet.

After I got my acceptance notice, the transcript didn't show up immediately.  It took only a few days (maybe 4-5) for the 2024 transcript to update in my online IRS account and replace the "Non-Filing Letter" with an actual link for my 2024 transcript.   The amount of time likely varies from person to person.   I don't know if the IRS does it according to its cycle schedule or what.  In any case, if you just efiled on April 15, I wouldn't worry about it.   Check again every 2-3 days, if you wish, and you will probably suddenly find that's there's been a change.

[fanfare]

I missed the fact that you just filed.

You're jumping the gun. You have to give the IRS 21 days before you start worrying.

@sbsvwa 

[sbsvwa]

Thanks!  I have an online account (that's how I saw the letter), I've just never logged into it on April 15th.  I think there are some good explanations for why I'm seeing it now; seems like it's standard practice to see it until they process my return.  I'll give it a few days (weeks) and see if it disappears.

[sbsvwa]

Thank you @mesquitebean and @fanfare and @CatinaT1 , very helpful, and this completely explains why it's there.  This is the first year I've really checked with to this level of detail, and I was really doing it while helping out my daughter with her return (she was running into the classic AGI mismatch during online filing error, the one that's solved by entering 0 instead of the AGI).

For my issue, now I know how it works, so this will help for years to come.  I appreciate it!

[mesquitebean]

@sbsvwa    You're welcome.  Good luck.