UPDATE - I managed to resolve this issue by going to the Online menu and choosing the "Download State" option. Downloading State of Alabama forms a 2nd time easily cleared up the issue I was having with my Alabama return (TT reporting that Alabama tax forms were not yet available) and my E-file was accepted by Alabama with no further issues. The automatic check for and installation of updates routinely performed by TT at startup seem to work only for federal tax forms. In retrospect, this seems like a rather obvious trouble shooting step that technical support could (should ?) have suggested during my support calls. Continuing to tell me that the forms were not ready in TT despite an abundance of evidence suggesting otherwise was certainly a frustrating waste of time.
