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Early Efiling

How early can I efile with turbotax? It saids January 5th? But it’s not allowing me to file, so does turbo tax go by a different time zone ? 

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Early Efiling

what happens is Turbotax will allow you to submit your return for e-filing before e-filing actually opens. it just sits on its servers. The IRS says January 24th.

 

 

Early Efiling

Thanks, but I was asking when does turbotax actually start letting you E-File. Is there a time-zone they follow. Because it saids January 5th but when you go to efile it’s still telling you to wait til January 5th 

Early Efiling

Well...it's still 5 January until Midnight, but perhaps they found some "issue" with their filing system.

Try again tommorrow.

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BUT  We cant't say this often enough

 

DO NOT FILE UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY (at the earliest)!!!!   (and Mid Feb to March is safer)

 

You will not get a refund before folks who wait until then (IRS file pulls are fairly random & not FIFO)

AND...if you forgot to put something in your tax file or need to correct it, YOU CANNOT get it back to correct it unless the IRS rejects your filing at the end of the month.

 

You've been warned

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*

Early Efiling

Same Issue! It's January 5th today. 

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Early Efiling

I called Support. She said Check back later today after 4pm, i'm on the east coast if that matters. 

Skelly2
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Early Efiling

Omg! I have been searching for an answer to this also! It’s very aggravating. It says come back on the 5th….. but it is the 5th….🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ 

Hjweese
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Early Efiling

Mine says the same come back January 5th and it's the 5th and still won't allow me to file. If turbotax takes my return today will I be issued my advance?

Early Efiling

The IRS has not even announced yet when they will begin to accept 2022 e-files.  E-filing has not opened with them yet.  They will probably start accepting/rejecting e-files by the end of January.  If TurboTax lets you start e-filing earlier than that----and they probably will as a marketing ploy----then your return will just sit on a server waiting for the IRS.  While it is in pending on that server, you will have no ability or power to fix or change anything if you suddenly realize you have left out something or made a mistake. 

 

Employers have until the end of January to send W-2's, there are over a dozen kinds of 1099's that can still arrive in your mail in January and February....etc, etc. etc.  Many federal and state forms are not yet available, so if you file too soon you may be messing up.   When you rush to file too soon you risk making mistakes that will put your return under review or that will require you to amend later.  Those situations can take months to sort out.  And...if you are in a hurry because you are getting child tax credit or earned income credit, the IRS will hold your refund until mid-February because of the PATH act.   Every year we see people who rush to file and live to regret their haste.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

Early Efiling

@Hjweese 

 

IF  TTX offered you the advance, and IF  TTX takes your e-file today.

 

THEY DO NOT ISSUE THE ADVANCE UNTIL THE IRS ACCEPTS YOUR TAX FILE...and that won't happen until late January...so..DO NOT E-FILE NOW.

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*

Early Efiling

Here  are my annual words of caution …patience is a virtue and don't plan on your refund being in your account on a certain date then you won't be disappointed or overdrawn.  

The IRS can take as long as they want to process the return and there is nothing you can do about it but wait patiently. They are processed individually these days so returns sent in at the same time will not necessarily process together or in the order they are received. The IRS states that 9 of 10 returns will process in 21 days or less. However considering that the IRS processes more than 140 million returns which means 14 million will be delayed for more than 21 days. There are no refund charts to refer to anymore so don't plan on your refund being in your account on any certain date then you won't be disappointed or overdrawn.  It is possible that you get a DD date posted by the IRS and then a moment before the refund is released it gets put on hold while the IRS reviews the account which can delay it for months. 

Think of the IRS process as a long pipe line. Some returns will be rejected before being allowed into the pipe and the rest will be accepted. Then once accepted into the pipeline many will process directly through without any delays and some will not.  Some returns will be siphoned off for further review of some kind. The basis of what triggers these reviews is a well guarded secret but some are just picked randomly every year. 

Some reviews are automated and some will require human attention. The processing times will vary but, due to the continued under staffing situation and budget cuts the IRS had been subject to,  they are likely to be much longer again this year.  It has been reported that some of  the delay this year is due to the new anti fraud security screenings that were implemented.

 

You can keep checking this FAQ ( update to 2022 dates happens in late December)

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-planning-and-deadlines/help/tax-year-calendar-important-dates-... 

 

AND you cannot efile anything until all the forms/schedules are ready to be efiled ... this will not happen until January at the earliest, some will not be available until as late as March.  In the REVIEW tab the program will let you know if you are good to file and if not what you are waiting for and the estimated date they will be ready. 

 

IRS forms availability table for TurboTax individual (personal) tax products

 

 

The IRS has not announced when they will begin to accept e-files for 2022 returns.  Usually it is around the end of January.   Last year we went well into February before they began to accept e-files.   The PATH act means you cannot get a refund with earned income credit or child tax credit before the end of February at the very earliest.

 

WAIT until you have everything ready so that you do not rush and make mistakes.   The mistakes made with the recovery rebate credit were to blame for many delays for 2021 refunds. 

Early Efiling

I'm having the same issue it doesn't make sense. Tried several times anyone know what's going on

 

Early Efiling

First the date of 1/5 is NOT written in stone and it subject to change so patience is needed.  AND the 5th is not yet over  and remember Intuit is a WEST coast business.  Check again after 8pm or better yet come back tomorrow.  Filing today is not required at all ... waiting until the IRS efiling actually opens later this month is the smart move.

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