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Level 1
April 8, 2023
Question

Does not EFile : FAILED_VALIDATION. There is an update for your version... except there isn't.

  • April 8, 2023
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I tried several times to exit, update, to no avail. Can you help, or do I have to file by mail? (this is for federal, it did not get to state.)

 

 

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Level 10
April 8, 2023

Please feel free to contact Customer Support so you can speak with a TurboTax representative who can assist you.

@DanSt 
 

Level 2
April 11, 2023

Has there been any resolution to this?  I tried calling customer support but they are not able to help.

Level 15
April 11, 2023

Can you describe the issue you are experiencing? Also, at which point in the program are you experiencing the issue. @atc0_99 

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Level 2
April 19, 2023

I had the exacdt same problem. I did not find that secret update menu one user mentioned. But when I did Online->Check for Updates, it tells me I have the latest version. 

 

Then, on suggestion from Intuit's phone support, I reran the installer, chose the repair/reinstall option, and did a full reinstall of TurboTax. After getting the latest updates, I was immediately able to successfully transmit the return. 

 

I did visit Online->View installed updates, and I saw that the last update was done on 2nd April. But after doing reinstallation, it told me it installed the update from April 13th. Obviously, TurboTax did not have that latest update.

 

So the ISSUE is that TurboTax thought it was up to date, but actually it was not. The workaround is to reinstall TurboTax. This is a bug in TurboTax. 

 

Level 2
February 20, 2024

I uninstalled Turbotax, re launched it from my download in my TTO account and I efiled!!  I was afraid the return wouldn't be saved, but it was!