After you file

@algra 

Yes, the woman that I talked to was able to confirm that the IRS received my tax return. I tried getting a hold of the IRS and they had told me the same thing, to get in touch with my tax preparer. Every time I checked the "where's my refund" tool, they had nothing on my refund. I just checked tonight...(mind you, I filed 02-13-2021, and got the email from turbotax saying it was accepted the same day) and for the very first time I have a status bar and it says "Received." I'm not sure how long it's been like that, I haven't been checking it very much because honestly I was tired of the disappointment and then the system was down here recently as well. I hope that this helps your situation! I know this is all very frustrating. Nothing about how these past two tax seasons have gone has been anything short of frustrating, on both sides. And the stimulus timing didn't really help matters either... It only further backlogged the IRS with everything they are trying to do. And people are still waiting on those as well... It's a nightmare all the way around. What I DON'T like is people on here, claiming to be experts who don't have any answers other than "cookie cutter" answers that don't even answer your question...