A Tax Year 2023 transmissions are not available error for Ohio tax, but it let me file my federal. Do I have to wait to file state or I cant file anymore after that?

[Critter-3]

If the state is not ready yet you can file the fed now and the state later.  However since the IRS will not start processing returns until 1/29 what is the rush ... wait for both and file them together. 

[durrell513]

Actually ain’t nobody rushing and for two they both were actually ready because my federal has already been accepted, it’s my state that it’s saying that for even though it said that it was ready to be filed today. So excuse you while you tryna and assumed that I rushed to file my stuff. You could’ve just answered my question instead you tried to be smart and failed. Thank you next person 

[xmasbaby0]

No need to get contentious.   The IRS is not opening to accept federal returns until January 29, and states cannot accept a state return unless a federal return has been accepted.  Millions of early returns are waiting on servers, and state returns cannot be accepted while the federal returns are waiting.

Every year, the IRS pulls in a very small test batch of federal returns and accepts them early.   You may have been in that test batch.  So....go ahead and try to see if you can e-file your state.

[Graciesimons21]

I got the same message. I’m on the phone with a lady and she said wait until February 4th to submit the state because some forms are showing they aren’t ready until the 4th. 

I also got my federal accepted and it estimated Feb 7 for my tac return so maybe wait until you get the return from federal to try the state. But that’s all the advice I have for ya! Good luck! 

UPDATE!!!

If you try today they will accept state! Just got both of mine filed! 

[Kitkatkrunch93]

Mine Is doing the same thing. Last week I got my w2 so before I forgot I figured get it done. I filed my federal but TurboTax said ohio doesn't open till today(the 18th). I didn't even realize today was the 18th but I got a text that said federal was accepted so I was like oh what's the date? Today state opens. Might as well do that before I forget too. Wouldn't let me in the app because federal was filed so it transferred me to browser. Got on stuff done and hit file and it came back with "Tax Year 2023 transmissions are not available.|" so I'm going to wait another day or 2 but now I'm worried that I won't be able to file state because federal was already done.

[DoninGA]

@Kitkatkrunch93 Since the federal tax return was e-filed before the state tax return, you will need to wait for the IRS to accept the federal tax return before you will be able to e-file the state return.

The IRS officially starts processing 2023 federal tax returns on January 29, 2024

[Davinder29]

Thank you for your reply on this and I was looking at some kind of answer on why I was receiving this error message, that clears it up! 

[babydoll366]

My federal just got accepted today. And went to e-file my state and got a message saying we could not efile your return for the following reasons. Tax year 2023 transmissions are not available

[saratraylor]

I just received the same error, which is strange because Turbotax had originally posted that state filing for Ohio would be available on 1/18. Is this a Turbotax website error or did something change with the state of Ohio?

[Graciesimons21]

The lady I talked to on the phone said some forms in Ohio won’t be available to file until the 4th even though on our side it said 1/18. She also said only a handful of federal got accepted before the 29th. So that’s why ours got accepted so fast. But we will have to wait until the 29th of January to file our state! That’s what the lady told me but I hope that helps! 

[Graciesimons21]

Check my comment below! 

[Epicreign]

Have same issue. Federal was accepted tooday, but won't let me e file state.

[Babajc17]

Mine was saying the same exact thing yesterday. I just got an email that my federal was accepted so I got on to try my state again and it finally went through. Just did it 5 minutes ago so maybe it will work for everyone now!!

[saratraylor]

Thank you for the update! I tried again just now and it worked for me as well.