Why hasn’t the IRS accepted my tax return that I filed with Turbo Tax 1/24/2026?

[adrian68866]

I do know that I filed on a Saturday but today is Monday, January 26 and still nothing because states that the IRS received my taxes that’s all I do know that the IRS opens today or tomorrow but I have colleagues that did their taxes last week and we’re accepted the next day

[DoninGA]

You need to be patient.  The IRS just started accepting tax returns today, 01/26, and there are millions of returns that have be processed.  It may take several days be for your tax return is either Accepted or Rejected.

[xmasbaby0]

The IRS has just opened on January 26 to accept/reject e-files.   Any returns that have been accepted before today have been accepted in small random "test" batches.  Everyone else has been waiting on the servers in "pending."   Start watching your emails now that the IRS is open.  Many e-files are on the servers so it could still take a day or two.

When you e-file your return you will get two emails from TurboTax.  The first one will say your return has been transmitted; the second one will tell you the IRS has accepted  or rejected your federal e-file.  If you filed a state return, there will be a third email (usually a day or two later) that tells you if the state e-file was accepted or rejected.

Check your e-file status:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/

[adrian68866]

I’m not being impatient I’m just confused because I’ve done my taxes with TurboTax since 2018 never had an issue I get my second email, saying accepted the same day or the next day and I always fall early every year last year I filed January 20 accepted the 21st. I never have to wait days for it to get and last year there was a massive of people that had issues with their taxes with TurboTax that didn’t get accepted nor sent to the IRS, I’m in the community here and I seen the TikTok videos. I never had an issue and I don’t wanna have an issue this year. It’s not about being patient is being precautious !

[adrian68866]

Yes, I am checking since I filed  but I do not want to be one of the ppl that had issues with TurboTax last year TT never sent the taxes to the IRS and TurboTax was saying anything to customers and then IRS was telling the people that they never received a tax return !

[xmasbaby0]

@adrian68866

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-first-day-of-2026-filing-season-online-tools-and-

[adrian68866]

[xmasbaby0]

See if this one works for you.

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-first-day-of-2026-filing-season-online-tools-and-resource...

[adrian68866]

Yes but that information is not relevant to my issue. I didn’t file my taxes with IRS. I filed them with TurboTax, the IRS haven’t even received my taxes. I checked I’m trying to get in contact with somebody with TurboTax. This was the only year that I ever used TurboTax Help with an expert which I paidand suddenly I’m delayed two days to get accepted I’ve been filing since 2018 with TurboTax and I get accepted the same day or next day. I literally just helped my sister do her Taxes an hour ago. She just got her notification of acceptance so I’m not understanding this is my sister‘s first year using TurboTax, it’s not an issue of being impatient I know that it open today I know they do a test batch. I know that I know all of that but it just doesn’t seem right that this year I’m waiting two days and last year there was a batch of people that TurboTax never sent their taxes to IRS I just hope I’m not that case this year

[xmasbaby0]

If your e-file has been sitting on the servers with the other millions of e-files that have been there since early January it may take several days for your e-file to be accepted by the IRS.   You did not file with TurboTax---you used do-it-yourself- tax software to prepare a tax return and it was filed to the IRS.  The IRS---- and only the IRS-- is in control of accepting/rejecting and processing your return now.  You do not seem to want to hear the words "Be patient" but that is reality.   Give it a day or two....the IRS just opened hours ago to start accepting/rejecting 2025 e-files.    As for your sister's quick acceptance----sometimes that happens---- it is not first in first accepted---sometimes the way the IRS accepts returns is random and you just have to wait.

[adrian68866]

And I repeat it’s not about being patient is about being precaution if there’s so many tax returns that are there why are people getting accepted? It’s picking and choosing because I haven’t seen or heard of anyone else complaining about the same issue as me and it’s very a coincidence that this is the first year that I used TurboTax Help and now I’m having issues because I just helped my sister like I said an hour ago and she got her notification of acceptance I’m literally helping my cousin right now and I will come back to this post and show that she got accepted within minutes. I am patient. I’m not in a rush to get my money. I just don’t wanna run into any encounters that I never ran into before. I don’t need automatic responses I was just looking for other regular people that might be having the same issue or that had this issue like last year

[kyle2227]

It could take several days for your tax return to get accepted.  There are probably a large amount of people filing early this year because of things like the no tax on overtime, tips, etc...

Don't worry. The irs will eventually accept it.

Those who filed early a small amount were picked for early acceptance. Not everyone was.

[Kdg01]

I’m in the same boat. TurboTax made me get TurboTax premium when I never used it I always use deluxe and now I’m stuck in pending since IRS RECEIVED 1/23/26 according to turbo. It hasn’t been accepted and I never wait this long ever 

[CatinaT1]

If you are still seeing a "Pending" status, here is the explanation:

• On the official opening day (Jan 26), millions of people hit "Submit" at once. The IRS limits how many returns it pulls from the software providers' servers per hour to prevent their systems from crashing.
• Your return is likely sitting in the "digital waiting room." It will stay Pending until the IRS computer actually "downloads" it and actually accepts or rejects it.

[Kdg01]

Okay, I get that but honestly my fiancée just submitted his around 3 pm 1/28/26 and was accepted within 30 minutes. I do not understand! 
so something is going on.. millions of us are still pending it makes no sense. 
why are we still pending 

I am now going on past 48 hours since opening day of IRS.