Why I can't I file using my return as payment? I filed my boyfriends the same day and was able to pay with his return?

[SweetieJean]

Everything is later this year because the IRS waited to see what was in the final Tax Reform bill that was passed in late December.

[DoninGA · Accepted solution]

The forms and schedules included with your tax return have not yet been finalized so that you can file your tax return.  Click on Review and there will be a list of forms and schedules with the dates they will be available.

The optional Refund Processing Service to pay the TurboTax account fees with the federal tax refund and to pay the RPS service fee of $39.99 will be available when the tax forms and schedules are available for filing.

See this TurboTax support FAQ for IRS forms availability - https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1908854-irs-forms-availability-table-for-turbotax-individual-perso...

The IRS will not be accepting any type of 2017 tax return until January 29, 2018

The IRS will hold all 2017 tax returns that have a tax refund which includes EIC and/or the Additional Child Tax Credit until mid-February.  They will release the tax refunds in late February if there are no errors on the tax return.

[SteamTrain]

........and we certainly hope and pray that you prepared your tax file in a completely separate tax account...with a separate UserID.

Maybe it's obvious to you (or not)..... but we get hundreds of people using the same Online account to file two tax returns every year...not realizing that they've overwritten the original file.

IF you logged out of "his" account, and created a separate UserID/Password for yours, you should be OK.

[Critter]

His forms were ready to go ... yours are not.  That option will not be available for you until you are able to efile ... click on the REVIEW tab to see what forms are holding you up and when they are expected to be ready to go. 

The IRS is not processing returns until the 29th so you have time to wait ... in fact his return is sitting in a holding pattern until the IRS starts accepting returns.   https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/2018-tax-filing-season-begins-jan-29-tax-returns-due-april-17-help-avai...