How come the irs starts accepting efile on Jan 9th but turbo says not til the 24th?

[Roynica18]

That's not right I filed last year on the 21st and got accepted on the 23rd and received my advance on the 23rd .

[Ah1234]

When did you file ?

[collieney]

Turbo states you may do your taxes early and they will hold in cue ahead and share them when your states accepts them,

I did mine on the 9th and on Friday the IRS actually accepted mine early.!

I thought the IRS was waiting until the 27th but accepted mine on Friday. I don't know when my taxes will be approved.I also sign up for 5 days early for refund for 25 dollars from turbo too,

[eanrestlewis]

My federal returns were accepted by the irs on jan 15th

[collieney]

This year is different, I believe. As I pasted what is on my turbo tax form minus my owed amount. The IRS just accepted my texts it was pending before. Now the IRS will review and process. I will then receive payment

[Amberber]

This is not always true... I just did three people in my households taxes yesterday having no clue there was even a day you had to wait until to file, as I've never filed this early and have been doing my own taxes for 20 years. I literally just googled when will the first round of tax payments go out and ended up here. My taxes were accepted by the IRS just now and I just did my tax returns last night. I most definitely put all my w2s in and my dependents. This year I cannot wait until March like I usually do, due to hardships... you don't know what people are going through so please next time maybe you could either word your comment better or just stop being rude to those whose situation you know nothing about. 

[serena1021]

very helpful!

[collieney]

The IRS may accept it but this doesn't mean it is approved. People will be processed in the order that they filed and their taxes was accepted into the cue. Thus, the 27th is the IRS official day. Therefore, approvals should happen on or after this date. Then the refund occurs. It is like this every year.

[mrbobbailey]

It's Jan. 27th 2025 and still not allowing e File

[CatinaT1]

It might be that not all the forms in your return have been finalized yet. If you have Draft forms in your return, it would not allow you to finish your return.

Use this link to reference when your tax forms will be available. You can search by TurboTax Product and for IRS and State-Specific Forms.

[Misty_griz920]

Mine was accepted on the 24th 

Still not approved yet 

Today is February 8th

[xmasbaby0]

@Misty_griz920

Once your federal return has been accepted by the IRS, only the IRS has any control.  TurboTax does not receive any updates from the IRS. Your ONLY source of information about your refund now is the IRS.

You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2024 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:   

https://www.irs.gov/refunds

To track your state refund:    

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_...

If you chose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your federal refund, that will take some extra time, while the third party bank handles the refund processing

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/refunds-take-longer-others/L1...

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https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/irs-refund-taking-longer-21-d...

If you are getting earned income credit on line 27 or additional child tax credit on line 28 You are subject to the delay required by the PATH act.  Do not expect your refund before early March

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/irs-tax-return/what-is-the-path-act-and-how-may-it-impact-your-...

Note:  “Accepted” is not the same as “approved”.  TurboTax tells you the e-file was accepted if the IRS deems that there is enough information on the return for them to take it in for processing.   Only the IRS can approve of the refund, which is a later stage of processing.  If the IRS approves your refund they will provide a date for the refund to be issued.