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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
Normally, you cannot e-file if one or more forms on your return are not yet available. Please note that the 8889 became available today (or perhaps last night).
The 8889 for 2020 is substantially identical to that of 2019. However, TurboTax transmits an electronic version of the return (in XML instead of PDF, if you have any computer people in the house), so that is no guarantee (but we can hope).
In any case, if you have e-filed, your return is in the queue at TurboTax, and we are waiting for the IRS to open up e-filing (announced to be February 12th). Note that we cannot pull it out of that queue; it's the same as if you had mailed the return.
So on or about February 12th (a few returns are e-filed early as the IRS tests e-filing), you should get Accepted or Rejected from the IRS (check if you don't hear anything by the 14th or so).
If your return is Accepted, then your 8889 was probably fine.
If your return is Rejected, check to see what the issue is, fix it, and file the return again. This time it will have the updated form for sure...and if it doesn't, come back and tell us and tell us what date you created the PDF...
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