E-filing a state is only allowed once a federal return is
accepted/rejected. State returns will show incomplete until federal has
been accepted. If you already e-filed your federal return, you'll have
to wait until your e-file is accepted/rejected in order to proceed with
state.
You will have to come back (after your state forms are
ready or after your federal return is accepted) to complete your state
return.
When you come back to complete your state return, the
following steps will allow you to file, if you have already filed your
Federal return.
1. Click on Visit My Tax Timeline
2. Under Some Things You Can Do (below your 2015 return statuses), click on Amend (change) return
3. Click on Amend my return
4. Click on the File tab and go through the prompts to file your state return
My federal return was accepted but turbo tax still says I can't file my state yet. Says tax forms aren't ready yet?
There have been a lot of tax changes and the IRS and the state tax departments are still updating some forms. This is common early in the filing season.
Here is a link where you can select the type of TurboTax you are using and your state, to see when different forms are expected. The dates may still change and this link will be updated. When you go through TurboTax Review, it should tell you which unavailable forms are needed in your return.