@KK94 wrote:
I am on hold with the IRS now. Once this call is completed I plan to call Intuit again and ask that very question. 5 days is more than enough time for them to submit and accept a tax return. They aren't processing it. All the acceptance is doing is one computer saying to the other I received all the data you send me in the correct format. The processing of the return doesn't start until after that. This is why I don't understand the IRS stating to wait 21 days....it should NEVER take 21 days for one computer to communicate to the other computer hey I got the data you sent in the correct format we are good to go thank you.
TurboTax does not send tax returns to the IRS or a state. Tax returns are pulled from the TurboTax servers by the IRS and States.
Your tax returns will remain Pending until the IRS starts pulling tax returns from the TurboTax servers. It may be several days or longer after the IRS start date before your tax return gets accepted or rejected.
The IRS has to pull millions and millions of tax returns from servers throughout the country after the official IRS start date of 02/12/2021.
After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.
