My docs still say pending. Is it because of shutdown?

[DoninGA · Accepted solution]

Your tax return will be Pending until the IRS starts accepting 2018 tax returns on or after 01/28/19.  You will receive an email from TurboTax when the tax return has either bee accepted or rejected.  After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website - 

Use this TurboTax website to check the status of an e-filed return and if it was either accepted or rejected - https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/

If accepted by the IRS use the federal tax refund website to check the refund status - https://www.irs.gov/refunds

If accepted by the state use this TurboTax support FAQ to check the state tax refund status - https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899433-how-do-i-track-my-state-refund

[D110]

My wife did her return on the 22nd & it got accepted today. She did mines on the 11th & mine still says pending. Why?

[DoninGA]

The IRS pulls some tax returns for testing their systems before the official start date of 01/28/19.  Hers was pulled for testing purposes but yours was not.