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And now my VA state return has been accepted. BUT not before being rejected at first, because.... I didn't include a valid Federal return with it. Not true! My US Federal return was accepted shortly before my VA return was rejected. And you know TurboTax for Business includes the Federal return along with the state return. So what was the solution? To re-review my Federal return. No problems found. And then to resubmit my VA return - also with NO CHANGES. Two hours later - my VA return was accepted. To repeat, there were no changes to be made to either return.