Was told that IRS was not accepting returns until 1/29 for 2017 and Intuit said it will queue until 1/29/18. Now I get an email saying IRS accepted my return? What?

was told that IRS was not accepting returns until 1/29 for 2017 and Intuit said it will queue until 1/29/18.  Now I get an email saying IRS accepted my return?  What?

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The IRS will pull test batches from the various tax preparation company servers to test their processes.  Yours seems to be in one of those test batches pulled.

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Who sent you the email?

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Intuit.  and I signed into IRS site to verify they did indeed receive it! 🙂

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I received a text message and e-mail saying my Federal return was accepted today.
LoveyBen
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I also received an accepted email/text from Federal and State.

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You got lucky.  Congrats.  However, as far as we know, refunds won't be paid until after 1/29 even for the early test returns.