If the IRS rejected your return, they won't charge the credit card number you provided. No worries.
But TurboTax has a bug that causes rejection of tax returns filed by surviving spouses. All us widowed folks are finding this out. The rejection code indicates that the decreased spouse's AGI is wrong, but that is typically not the actual reason. You will not be able to fix it using TurboTax. Either file a paper return or (if you are determined to efile like I was) find another tax program. Apparently HRBlock has the same bug, but FreeTaxUSA does not. I filed with exactly the same info using FreeTaxUSA and my return was accepted in just a couple of hours.
