Paper forms and electronic forms are totally different. The IRS must write the schemas, then that schema is used to develop the TurboTax software. The TurboTax must submit it to the IRS for testing and approval to be sure it is compatible with the IRS systems. Only then can it be released to the public. Depending on the IRS workload that can take 2-6 weeks or more.
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