When will I be able to e-file my 2023 tax return

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January 18, 2024
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What date can I transmit my 2023 tax return for e-filing

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xmasbaby0

Level 15

You can e-file any time now---IF all of your income has been entered and IF all of your forms are ready. The IRS will not begin to accept/reject returns until January 29, so if you e-file now it will just sit on a server waiting for the IRS to open.

Do not file a tax return without ALL of your income documents; you must include every 2023 W-2 on the same tax return. Employers have until the end of January to issue W-2’s. Wait until you have all of your W-2’s. Clients, schools, Social Security, healthcare.gov, banks, mortgage lenders, and other financial institutions may not have tax documents available until late January/early February. ALL of your tax documents must be entered on the same Form 1040; do not file unless you have entered everything.

Click Review to see if you are missing some forms needed in order to e-file.

Many federal and state forms are not yet available. Check here for form availability. The dates are subject to change.

Tax form availability tool,

No hurry to e-file since the IRS will not begin to accept/reject 2023 e-files until January 29. And….a state return cannot be accepted until after the IRS accepts your federal return.

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Retain29

Level 2

I finished my return, purchased audit defense, tried to efile, and got a message telling me that I have to print my return and mail it in, the message states my return has forms that must be mailed for federal and state. I have changed no forms from last year, etc and always efiled, which is one reason I live turbo tax.

Is this because efile isn't available until 29 Jan when the IRS starts accepting returns?

if not due to the IRS not accepting until 29 Jan, how can I see which form is stopping it from being efile capable. I just don't have print capabilities to print, then mailing sucks compared to efile. I bought Turbo tax specifically for the capabilitie.to complete and efile?

xmasbaby0

Level 15

@Retain29

Maybe you are waiting for some forms. Click Review to see if you are missing some forms needed in order to e-file.

Many federal and state forms are not yet available. Check here for form availability. The dates are subject to change.

Tax form availability tool,

No hurry to e-file since the IRS will not begin to accept/reject 2023 e-files until January 29. And….a state return cannot be accepted until after the IRS accepts your federal return.

DoninGA

Level 15

If all the forms and schedules for the federal tax return have been finalized you can e-file the federal tax return now. And if all the forms and schedules for the state return have been finalized you can file the state return now.

The IRS will not officially start processing 2023 federal tax returns until January 29. 2024. State returns cannot be accepted by the state until the federal return has been accepted by the IRS.