When you go to efile any return the IRS requires the prior year AGI to "let you past the gate keeper" that they have on file as of the end of October the prior year. So if the prior year was not processed by that time then they will have NO AGI on file for you to use thus using a ZERO is the only option you have. Even if the return is processed in November the AGI will not be in the system for the next year's filing ... this is just the way it is.
