That doesn't always work. Last year I was told to file by paper but the office closed due to covid-19 and they had at least a 30-day backlog and I had already waited 12-weeks. TurboTax claims this is wasn't their bug and refused to refund any portion of the cost of their software because the Federal filings are free.
You get 5 Federal filings but the rejection doesn't count as one. You can file you state by mail and attempt to e-file you Federal again. I called TurboTax to see what I could do. They finally admitted this was a bug on their end and fixed it. I was told to re-file and the paper copy would be rejected. I verified this by contacting the IRS and e-filed my federal after the bug was fixed.
