Colorado just started accepting e-files today, so please give the state 24-48 hours to accept yours. From Colorado Department of Revenue:
LAKEWOOD, Monday, February 12, 2024 — Taxpayers can now file income tax returns for 2023 and the Colorado Department of Revenue, Taxation Division has a few tips to make the process easier and help Coloradans receive their returns as quickly as possible.
I filed April 1, 2024. It now April15. It still states Pending.
I assume you mean February 1, 2024.
Since the State of Colorado opened late for accepting returns, they have been quite backlogged in accepting them. Please be patient and allow the Agency to process the large number of returns that came thought to them all at the same time.
Filed Feb 12th. Still pending as of the 15th. I think they are backlogged so I am not panicking yet.
I filled with TurboTax on Tuesday. The Federal return accepted within minutes of e-file. My Colorado Return still has not been accepted with no update.
Usually state refunds are not processed as quickly as the federal refund. To find out more information, contact the Colorado Dept of Revenue here.
I think a bunch of us are in the same boat. When you go to check the refund status, this is buried near the bottom of the screen:
"Allow up to 30 business days from mailing for receipt of paper returns or date of submission for receipt of electronically filed returns."
So...dig in folks. It could be awhile.
Since the State of Colorado opened late for accepting returns, they have been quite backlogged in accepting them. Please be patient and allow the Agency to process the large number of returns that came thought to them all at the same time.
They are processing them in the order they were received.
Filed 02/04 PM. Today is 02/17 and still pending. Why? With e-filing I don't understand why it is still pending this much later.
I am in the same boat you are.
So glad our Public Servants are taking the Holiday off on Monday
That simply cannot be true. I filed mine on 2/2/2024, which was essentially the earliest possible date because of the need to wait for filing documents from banks, government entities, etc., and mine has still not even been accepted as of 2/17/2024. There is no way that my return could still be awaiting initial acceptance after 15 days if the state were truly utilizing a FIFO method. There is more to this story than meets the eye, and I'm tired of seeing the same lame excuse being repeated over and over. I'm not even convinced that the delay doesn't have something to do with TurboTax's transmission system, which is quite opaque. Exactly WHERE is my return queued up for acceptance - in the state's system or in TurboTax's system? I have yet to see even a single user report that a Colorado state return has been accepted. There are good reasons to believe that the problem is not with Colorado, but with TurboTax.
The state of Colorado did not begin accepting returns until February 12, 2024. Returns filed prior to that date were held securely until the state opened their e-filing systems for receipt.
This means that they have been processing them only 5 days at the time of this post, not 15.
They have asked taxpayers to allow two weeks to clear the backlog.
You completely missed my point. I already understood that Colorado delayed processing returns until 2/12/2024. My point is that I filed at one of the very earliest opportunities to do so, and my return is still languishing in the system, so it is essentially impossible that a FIFO system is being employed. I have lived in Colorado for almost 30 years, and used TurboTax to file my state returns for almost every single one of those years, and I have NEVER had to wait this long for my return to even be accepted. In fact, when I have filed my returns in the past, my experience has almost always been that it is at the very least accepted within an hour or two after it is electronically transmitted. I have no way of knowing whether or not TurboTax has actually even attempted to transmit my return, and I seriously doubt that Colorado would require 5 days to catch up on returns that were filed by February 2nd. Something fishy is going on, and I don't know who is responsible.
The state of Colorado has started verifying identities in a new manner. This is causing people to have delays in their refunds. The IRS has done the same thing which is also causing delays for federal returns. You can go to this site to check the status of your return, to be sure they received your return and also to read more on why CO is delaying return processing.
I've had an online account with the Colorado Department of Revenue for years and I am well aware of how to verify the status of my tax return online, and how to obtain information from its website. You mentioned that the IRS is employing a similar identity verification process to the one in Colorado. I filed my federal return at the exact same time as my Colorado return, and the IRS almost immediately verified that my return was received. The next day, the IRS processed my return, and, within a day or two, had already deposited a tax refund into my checking account. My issue with Colorado is not that my return hasn't been processed - it's that it hasn't even been received at all. There is no rational reason why electronically filed returns can't be received immediately - assuming they have been transmitted by the service provider. There is no compelling reason at all to assume that Colorado is responsible for the delay in initial receipt of my return. I have no way of verifying whether or not it has been properly transmitted by TurboTax. That is my concern.
When you go into your TurboTax account, what does it say? Does it say it was sent, or does it say print and mail or still give you the option to e-file? If it does, then this would mean your return was either rejected or for some reason you did not transmit your return.
You may also want to call customer service, they can look to see if their is record of a transmission and if so, provide you with the DCN for verification of transmission. 1-800-446-8848
The speed at which you received a refund from either the state or federal, does not have any impact on whether you are chosen for identity verification for the other agency. You could be chosen to identify by one, both or neither.
My TurboTax desktop application has said since 2/2/2024, and continues to say, that my return is "Pending. It takes about 24 to 48 hours to process e-filed returns. In this time, returns are in a pending status. Come back in about 24 hours or check your email. We'll let you know as soon as your return is accepted." When I log on to the Colorado Department of Revenue's website, it says that my return has not been filed. I have confirmation from my desktop TurboTax app that my return was (supposedly) transmitted. You seem to think that I'm some kind of rube that doesn't know how to use tax filing software. You would be wrong about that. I would appreciate it if you would stop insulting my intelligence by implying that I don't know what I'm doing.
I'm in the same boat. Filed January 17th. Federal accepted same day. CO has been in pending. Says it was received by Turbo Tax Feb 1st then transmitted to CO on Feb 13th and changed to pending on the 13th.
CO site says I need to file.
I’ve also filed 2/1 and as of today 2/18 it still shows pending and on the state tracker it shows they haven’t received it yet.
Mine has been pending since 2/13. They’re being extremely slow this year. Usually within 24 hours I would get a notification that state tax has been approved. I don’t know why they’re taking so long.
Colorado actually opened for submission on January 31, so its backlog between that date and now is greater than the 15 days you suggested. Of course, it is going to take longer for them to catch up if they only started processing on February 12. Yes, the state has always come quickly in the past, but the TABOR refund has spurred a lot of people to file early. I just don't think the state was prepared.
Perhaps. I'm still not ready to lay the blame at Colorado's feet. The claim is that Colorado is processing returns on a first-in, first-out basis. I have yet to read a comment from anyone, regardless of when they filed with TurboTax, saying that their return has been accepted by the state. I'm not talking about being processed - only actually received and awaiting processing. TurboTax's electronic submission process is completely opaque from a user perspective, and it's not really possible to know where our electronic returns are queued up - either in the state's system or that of TurboTax itself. I'm highly suspicious (albeit, without evidence to back it up) that the problem might not lie with Colorado, but there's no way to know. If Colorado has been open to receive returns since 2/12/2024 as it claims, whose returns are being accepted? Does anyone out there know of anyone whose TurboTax electronically filed Colorado tax return has been acknowledged as simply accepted (not processed - just accepted?) If so, when was it transmitted?