@ Aravindan wrote:
I think this thread was discussing about 48 hour hold before efiling, not after efiling. I understand the compromised account scenario.
It's a matter of semantics, but technically you are correct. Your submitted efile is arrested before traveling any further. I guess we can use the term "submission". After you submitted it, it was put on hold by TurboTax servers and held in-house before it could go to the IRS. The TurboTax FAQ uses the phrase "is being filed."
As for whether it's an automated release (of an uncontested submission), I don't work for TurboTax. so that's why I said "likely" in my answer above when I first used the term, since I have no way of knowing how they have it all programmed. Whether a TurboTax person actually looks at all of the uncontested on-hold submissions regardless before manually letting the efiles proceed, I don't know.
Of course, if it was not you and you wanted to cancel the submission, then that would definitely require intervention by someone at TurboTax during the hold window.
I later in the same posting used the word "automatically" again, but in that case I meant that at some point after 48 hours it would be sent on without any additional intervention from a filer being necessary. The FAQ says:
"After the 48 hour period is over, TurboTax will transmit the return in accordance with IRS regulations."
Whether that's all programmed or requires an employee to do it, I don't know.
If you need specific info about their procedures, that's a question for the TurboTax folks if you have occasion to speak to them again, such as if the efile is not released soon to the IRS.
If the Support agent doesn't know the answer, see if they will let you to speak to either a supervisor or someone from the Security Dept. Maybe that department would know about this issue.
Hopefully, it will proceed on to the IRS soon. Good luck.
