Federal Forms are not being included in print out of Wisconsin state return

[tcstapf]

My federal return has been filed and accepted.  Trying to e-file by Wisconsin state return but TurboTax is not including a copy of my federal return as an attachment, which Wisconsin requires.  Why is this?

[BillM223 · Accepted solution]

Did Wisconsin tell you that the federal return was not attached, or are you going by the PDF of your return?

Tax agencies (IRS and the states) are sent a version of your tax return in a data format called XML. This format is not really human-readable, which is why you can't see it; instead, the XML version of your return to sent to the state taxing agency in a two-way conversion, so only the state sees it.

So, unless Wisconsin sends you a letter saying that they need this or that form, assume that the XML format of your return is complete.