If the e-filed federal tax return has not been accepted by the IRS and you are e-filing the state return after e-filing the federal then you will get this message.
Okay thank you hopefully that's the issue then! I'll wait to file once federal is accepted.
I don't think that is the issue, I e-filed my federal and it has already been accepted, and when I try to file my state, I receive the same message, so I don't think it has to do with anything with your federal being accepted.
I'm having the same issue. I've never had an issue e-Filing my state taxes before. If somebody finds a resolution I would love to hear it. I really don't want to have to mail my taxes if at all possible.
I spoke with someone at turbo tax today about this and was told that a lot of state forms have still not been cleared/updated/or approved for submission through the software yet and she was confused as well as their being a date to efile but forms are still being worked on/approved in the system. She also said that most states are probably following the federal accepting date of Jan 27th and that is a good date to attempt again because then the state forms will be updated and approved with the software for efiling/transmitting. But she did say it's nothing on our (the filers) end at this time is on the software and forms end.