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@ mrsforeman22 wrote:  Is it normal to not have an approval from the IRS the week that your refund is scheduled to be delivered via direct deposit? My taxes say accepted but not approved and the estimated date to receive my refund is in 3 days. Where are you getting a date?  If the date is from the TurboTax website, then that is only an estimate based on 21-day common processing time at the IRS.  For some people it will be sooner; for some people it will be later, depending on how much processing the IRS has to do.   Go by the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool.   What message is presented there? https://www.irs.gov/refunds   "Accepted" is an efile term which means that within 24-48 hours after efiling, your return was accepted for processing by the IRS (or state). The IRS does not use the term "accepted" in the IRS refund lookup tool.   The IRS tool has 3 stages: Return received and is being processed Refund approved Refund sent and an expected deposit date

"Accepted" is an efile term which means that within 24-48 hours after efiling, your return was accepted for processing by the IRS (or state).   The IRS does not use the term "accepted" in the IRS refund lookup tool.   What is currently showing at the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool for the status of your Federal return?  Is there a message there? https://www.irs.gov/refunds   Do you also have a state refund?  If you efiled it, be sure the state return was accepted.  The FAQ below tells how to check on a state refund.   When you scroll down further there, you will see a link for your state.   FAQ:  How do I track my state refund? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_...

This answer assumes your previous returns were prepared in Online TurboTax.   Any return prepared in desktop TurboTax will not be in an Online account.  Here's how one would normally find past-year online returns and how to troubleshoot for multiple accounts (User IDs) if necessary.  Many people end up with more than 1 account.  The pathway to download the PDF or tax data file depends on whether or not you have started an online 2025 return.  I provide both scenarios below, so choose which one is appropriate for your situation.   If you have not yet started a 2025 online return: Sign in to your account.   What you see next depends on whether or not you have already started a 2025 return in that account.   If your left column menu is minimal, and does not have a Tax Home tab displayed, that would imply you have not started preparing a 2025 return in that account.  If you haven't yet started a return, it will start asking you some questions.  Answer those preliminary questions on a few screens (you don't actually have to prepare a return), and then when you are far enough into the process, the left menu column will change, and you'll then see a Tax Home option in the left menu column.  Do not click the Documents tab.  Instead, click on Tax Home.  Then on the Tax Home screen, scroll way down to the bottom to "Your Tax Returns & Documents".  Expand that section and choose the past year you want.   If your past returns are not shown there, then you likely have multiple accounts and signed into the wrong one.  I'll tell you below how to troubleshoot.   If you have already started a 2025 online return: Log in, and if you've already started a 2025 return in that account, then it may already open at the Tax Home.  If not, click the Tax Home tab in the left column menu.  Do not use the Documents tab.  At the Tax Home scroll down and expand "Your Tax Returns & Documents."   If the past returns are not there, see the steps below.   If you do all that and can't find the past return, here's how to look for multiple accounts: You can have up to 5 accounts that use the same email address for notification purposes.  A User ID may be an email address, but it doesn't have to be.  It might be only part of an email address, or it can be anything at all.   To get a list of your User IDs, reset password, and recover account access, etc., you can use the tool at the link below.  When using the Account Recovery tool, try using your phone number first if you can still access it.   After that, if necessary, then run the tool on your email address(es) you can access. NOTE: Before running the account recovery tool below, log out of all Intuit accounts including this user forum, or you might end up in a loop.  Then clear your browser Internet cache, close your browser, then reopen it, and go to the link below.  You may wish to copy this link so you can paste it into the new browser session. https://myturbotax.intuit.com/account-recovery If still no luck after running that on your phone number you can still access and email address(es) that you can access,  here's another method:          Go back to the tool again, but this time leave the data field blank, scroll down a bit, then choose the small blue link that says "Try something else", and it will look you up by other parameters.

  Aside from the sidebar that indicates that I'm in the extension area, the verbiage on this page never mentions that I am transmitting an extension. The top says "It's time to sign and transmit your 2025 returns", gives the "just like a mailbox" warning, and even the button at the bottom says "Transmit my returns now." That is why I am reluctant to confirm and send. I don't want to risk submitting my actual returns. I filed an extension last year as well and don't remember having these doubts.

I've asked Champ @Hal_Al who is familiar with the Ohio school district tax to assist you in this thread, likely later this morning.   It's also possible someone else familiar with that situation will post here, too.