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Why does my filed/accepted/processed 2020 tax return still show "form not final" and "do not file" on the 2021 estimated tax payment voucher pages?

 
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NashayLO
Intuit Alumni

Why does my filed/accepted/processed 2020 tax return still show "form not final" and "do not file" on the 2021 estimated tax payment voucher pages?

The message DO NOT FILE or DO NOT FILE, FORM NOT FINAL will appear on your printout if:

  • The print version of the tax form hasn't yet been finalized in TurboTax.
  • Your federal return was printed before e-filing.
  • Your state return was printed before your federal return was accepted by the IRS.
  • The form is available but you haven't downloaded the latest update.

Please see this TurboTax FAQ, for more information, Why does DO NOT FILE, FORM NOT FINAL appear on my printouts?

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tulman737
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Why does my filed/accepted/processed 2020 tax return still show "form not final" and "do not file" on the 2021 estimated tax payment voucher pages?

Thank you, can I still pay my state taxes using the voucher or some other method?

Why does my filed/accepted/processed 2020 tax return still show "form not final" and "do not file" on the 2021 estimated tax payment voucher pages?

Yes you can still use the voucher or pay online directly on your state's web site ... check with them.

 

Or you can download a fresh updated PDF to get the forms without the watermark 

After a return has been  efiled and accepted, it can sometimes take the  return PDF a while to update and become available at the Tax Home landing screen.   If you can't use the Download/print button at the Tax Home or the "Download/print the PDF" link in the section "Your Tax Returns & Documents", OR  if you're getting incomplete documents when you use one of those methods, here's an alternate way to print by opening the filed return back up to print at the Print Center.

                                               

NOTE:  When you open your return back up, do not make any changes in it if it's already been filed.  If you later have to amend the return, it has to start off exactly as it was when it was originally filed.

 

  • Log in and at the Tax Home or in the section "Your Tax Returns & Documents" for 2021, look for a link "Add a State."
  • Click on "Add a State."  (you don't really add one.  That's just to open your return back up.)
  • After the return is open, click in the left menu column on TAX TOOLS, then PRINT CENTER.
  • Then choose "Print, save, view this year's return."
  • The next screen should offer some options:  "Just my tax returns", or "include government worksheets (optional)", or "include government and TurboTax worksheets (optional.)"
  • See if one of those PDFs has what you need.  The latter has the most pages.


NOTE:  Remember all PDF tax documents and tax data files are very sensitive files, since they contain your personal ID info, financial data, and possibly bank account numbers, etc.  Be sure to store them safely and securely to guard against computer theft, hacking, etc.

 

 

 

 

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