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The IRS is only for federal returns.  They won’t have a copy of your state return.  Did you mail state to the federal IRSi stead of to your state?   Turbo Tax and the IRS only keeps the last 7 years. If they still have it…….. How to Access prior year online returns https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-access-my-prior-year-return/00/27010 If you can't get the side menus to open up to access the prior year..... You need to start entering some basic Personal Info in 2024 for the side menu to open up. Just continue a little ways into 2024. I had to go though about 12 screens. If you used the Desktop CD/Download program then the only copy is on your computer and not saved or stored online. So you need to make and keep your own backups. Or request a transcript from the IRS https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript Or get a copy of your return using form 4506 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

See this TurboTax support FAQ for how to contact a Tax Expert - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/product-setup/connect-tax-expert-turbotax-live/L73wOZD5D_US_en_US?uid=me8y4gjx

If you don't have the main .tax file you might have one that starts with a Tilde sign ~ like  "~your name.tax2024".  That file is if your computer crashes or your real file gets lost or deleted or corrupt so you can restore it.

The state can not be accepted unless the federal was accepted first.   So if state is Accepted that means federal was also accepted    When you efile you get back 2 emails.  The first email only confirms the transmission.  The second email says if the IRS (or state) Accepted or Rejected your efile.  And check your spam folder for them.   When you log into your account you should also see the status and if it was Accepted or Rejected, Started, Printed, Ready to Mail, etc.  What does it say?

"Printed" means it was not e-filed.    If you chose to file by mail, you had to print it, sign it in ink and mail it yourself.  TurboTax does not mail tax returns for you.   E-filing is closed for 2023, so you now need to print it, sign and date it in ink, and mail it to the IRS (and state).   When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.  Use a mailing service that will track it, such as certified mail so you will know the IRS/state received the return.   Federal and state returns must be in separate envelopes and they are mailed to different addresses.  Read the mailing instructions that print with your tax return carefully so you mail them to the right addresses.  

It sounds like you must have actually had three transactions involving the same security. One was the actual wash sale itself, in which the security was sold at a loss, and part or all of the loss was disallowed. That means you cannot claim the full amount of the loss on that sale. For that to have been a wash sale, you must have bought the same security within 30 days before or after the wash sale. The shares that you bought are called "replacement shares" for the shares that you sold in the wash sale. The purchase of the replacement shares does not appear on your 1099-B or your tax return, but the purchase is what makes the first sale a wash sale. Finally, it seems like you must have later sold the replacement shares. The disallowed loss from the wash sale is added to the basis of the replacement shares when they are sold. That reduces your gain, or increases your loss, on the sale of the replacement shares. In effect you get to claim the disallowed loss from the wash sale when you sell the replacement shares. The disallowed loss is added to the basis of the replacement shares, not to the basis of the shares in the wash sale. The disallowed loss is not double counted. It reduces your loss on the wash sale, but it increases your loss, or reduces your gain, on the sale of the replacement shares. One offsets the other. It's a minus in one place and a plus in the other place. Adding it to the basis of the replacement shares offsets the original disallowed loss, so you come out even.   If you made more than three transactions for the same security the situation is probably more complicated.