After you file

You can use TurboTax or other tax preparation software providers to e-file your 2022 federal tax return in January 2023.

The IRS has not yet posted a date in January in 2023 when they will start accepting tax return.  However, the IRS normally begins accepting tax returns in mid to late January.  

Any federal returns e-filed prior to the IRS opening day are held on servers.  When the IRS begins to accept returns the IRS pulls the returns from the servers.  They pull in batches so it is Not a first-in-first-out situation.