As I understand it, the previous years AGI is only used for verification by the IRS. There have been a large number of fraudulent tax filings and the IRS wants to make sure that the correct person is filing the tax return.
Several hours after I filed electronically, I received a text message stating " Great news, ........! Your federal return was accepted by the IRS." I also received an e-mail from TurboTax stating that my return was accepted. Once the return has been accepted by the IRS, the previous years AGI should no longer be needed or used by the IRS as it served its purpose of verifying the tax filer.
