topic Federal Returns Accepted, OR state returns rejected in State tax filing

Federal Returns Accepted, OR state returns rejected

Mohawk24 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:05:16 GMT

Filed my 16 year old's returns yesterday. Both the federal and state were filed using efile at the same time. The federal forms were accepted. Oregon's returns were rejected. This is from the email that I received:

What happened

OR-004 - Federal Return Missing. Oregon requires, for electronic filing, that the federal return be transmitted and accepted either with the state return or before the state return is transmitted.

I tried to efile the state's again after making sure that the Federal forms were included, but I received the same rejection code again today. Any ideas as to why it's still being rejected when the Federal return has already been accepted and the forms were included with the state efile?

Re: Federal Returns Accepted, OR state returns rejected

DoninGA — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 22:29:04 GMT

This is a known problem. See this TurboTax support FAQ for information - https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-return/help/state-rejection-federal-return-must-be-submitted/00/2618842

Re: Federal Returns Accepted, OR state returns rejected

Mohawk24 — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 22:37:00 GMT

Thank you for the info!

Re: Federal Returns Accepted, OR state returns rejected

aj_120 — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 21:07:59 GMT

this link doesn't work anymore. so how do i fix the problem of rejected efile for oregon

Re: Federal Returns Accepted, OR state returns rejected

Ebony A — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 19:14:33 GMT

Please try fixing your return and let us know if the issue persists @aj_120.