No one really knows
At any rate, you can't hit that last step until, supposedly, the end of the first full week in January...that's only IF TTX doesn't delay the expected filing start further due to recent Congressional "inaction" with the second stimulus.....That second one may force the IRS to change their forms...and thus delay the start of "simple" tax returns even further.
But even if it is allowed early in January ...DO NOT attempt to e-file before the 1st of February...why? Because it sits on a TTX server until the IRS starts processing them in Late January...or maybe now, even February....if you make any mistake at all, and you file sooner...you cannot get it back....and you don't have your W-2 forms now anyhow, and may you not have them until late January or early Feb
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
