@Confused in michigan Not dismissing anything. I am not a paid employee. I am a volunteer---another user of TT. Sorry for your plight, but whether the experts you talked to "lied" or are new seasonal hires in need of coaching at the beginning of the tax season, does not change anything. While we advise against early e-filing, it is not illegal for TT or any of the other tax software companies to allow it. They all do it to capture marketshares of the business. E-filing opened a couple of days ago --- they do that every year. And every year, lots of people e-file as early as they can and then wait on the servers. Some people understand that their return will be stuck on the servers, but go ahead and e-file early anyway for various reasons. And, sadly, some people do not understand that their returns will not go to the IRS instantly in early January, and then they are disappointed to find out that they have to wait.
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