Tax News IRS Announces E-File Open Day! Be the First In Line for Your Tax Refund Read the Article Open Share Drawer Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Written by TurboTaxLisa Published Jan 8, 2024 - [Updated Feb 24, 2025] 5 min read The IRS announced Monday, January 27, 2024 as the beginning of the nation’s 2025 tax season when the agency will begin accepting and processing 2024 tax year returns. Don’t wait to file. File today with TurboTax, and be first in line for your tax refund! Although the IRS has not yet begun accepting e-filed tax returns, TurboTax securely holds your completed taxes, and transmits them to the IRS and the state when they open for e-file. Whether you want to do your taxes yourself, get help along the way, or just fully hand over your taxes to a tax expert, TurboTax is ready to help you get your biggest refund. For millions of Americans, the tax refund, averaging over $3,000, represents the largest paycheck of the year. Getting fast access to those funds can be indispensable. According to a generational tax survey conducted on behalf of TurboTax by Talker Research, 93% of Gen Z expects to get a refund this year and they plan to use their refund to pay for necessities. In fact, access to faster refunds would mean they are able to avoid debt fees (20%), pay rent on time (35%), and pay off debt (35%). Combined with e-file, direct deposit is the fastest way to get your tax refund. Overall, the IRS anticipates nine out of 10 taxpayers will receive their refund within 21 days or less when they file electronically with direct deposit if there are no issues with their tax return. Unbeatable Pricing with Do-it-Yourself Mobile App Offer Not only is TurboTax providing multiple ways for you to access refunds faster, but we are also providing the only free do-it-yourself federal and state filing option on the market available to filers of any tax complexity. Through our Free TurboTax Mobile App Offer everyone new to TurboTax, or those who did not file with TurboTax last year, regardless of their tax complexity, can file their own federal and state taxes for free through the TurboTax mobile app through Feb. 28, 2025. No other tax preparation provider on the market has an offer like this. The IRS encourages all taxpayers to file as soon as possible and reminds you to keep copies of your prior-year tax returns for at least three years. The filing deadline to submit 2024 tax returns is April 15, 2025. C-Corps filing deadline is April 15, 2025 and partnerships and S-Corps filing deadlines are March 17, 2025 Get your tax refund up to 5 days early* with TurboTax You could get your tax refund up to 5 days earlier1 in your own bank account for a fee or in a Credit Karma Money™ checking account** for no additional cost. Select the up to 5 days early or Credit Karma Money deposit option when you’re ready to finish and file inside TurboTax. Get a Refund Advance for $0 Fees and 0 Interest Refund Advance – TurboTax will continue to offer its no fee, no interest loan for those filers who need funds immediately. You can get approved to receive up to $4,000,2 delivered in as little as 60 secs after IRS acceptance of your tax filing,3 into a Credit Karma MoneyTM account. $0 loan fees, 0% APR, no credit score impact. Refund Advance and 5 Day Early Program not to be combined. Get started Disclosures: Money movement services are provided by Intuit Payments Inc., licensed as a Money Transmitter by the New York State Department of Financial Services. For more information about Intuit Payments’ money transmission licenses, please visit https://www.intuit.com/legal/licenses/payment-licenses/. *If you choose to pay your tax preparation fee with TurboTax using your federal tax refund or if you choose to take the Refund Advance loan, you will not be eligible to receive your refund up to 5 days early. The 5-day early program may change or be discontinued at any time. Up to 5 days early access to your federal tax refund is compared to standard tax refund electronic deposit and is dependent on and subject to IRS submitting refund information to the bank before release date. The IRS may not submit refund information early. **Credit Karma is not a bank. Banking services for Credit Karma Money accounts are provided by MVB Bank, Inc., Member FDIC. Maximum balance and transfer limits apply per account. 1 Up to 5 Days Early to Your Bank Account: Personal taxes only. Your federal tax refund will be deposited to your selected bank account up to 5 days before the refund settlement date provided by the IRS (the date your refund would have arrived if sent from the IRS directly). The receipt of your refund up to 5 Days Early is subject to IRS submitting refund information to us at least up to 5 days before the refund settlement date. IRS does not always provide refund settlement information up to 5 days early. You will not be eligible to receive your refund up to 5 Days Early if (1) you take a Refund Advance loan, (2) IRS delays payment of your refund, or (3) your bank’s policies do not allow for same-day payment processing. Up to 5 Days Early fee will be deducted directly from your refund prior to being deposited to your bank account. If your refund cannot be delivered up to 5 Days Early, you will not be charged the up to 5 Days Early fee. Up to 5 Days Early program may change or be discontinued at any time. 2 Refund Advance is a loan issued by First Century Bank, N.A. or WebBank, neither of which are affiliated with MVB Bank, Inc., Member FDIC. Refund Advance loans issued by First Century Bank, N.A., are facilitated by Intuit TT Offerings Inc. (NMLS # 1889291), a subsidiary of Intuit Inc. Refund Advance loans issued by WebBank are facilitated by Intuit Financing Inc. (NMLS#1136148), a subsidiary of Intuit Inc. Terms apply. Learn more here: https://turbotax.intuit.com/refund-advance. 3 IRS accepts returns starting late-Jan. Acceptance times vary. Most customers receive funds within 15 minutes of acceptance. Previous Post Tax Tips for Unemployment Income If You’ve Been Laid Off… Next Post Golden Globe Swag Bags: What Are the Tax Implications? Written by Lisa Greene-Lewis Lisa has over 20 years of experience in tax preparation. Her success is attributed to being able to interpret tax laws and help clients better understand them. She has held positions as a public auditor, controller, and operations manager. Lisa has appeared on the Steve Harvey Show, the Ellen Show, and major news broadcast to break down tax laws and help taxpayers understand what tax laws mean to them. For Lisa, getting timely and accurate information out to taxpayers to help them keep more of their money is paramount. More from Lisa Greene-Lewis Follow Lisa Greene-Lewis on Twitter. 464 responses to “IRS Announces E-File Open Day! Be the First In Line for Your Tax Refund” « Older Comments Newer Comments » Lisa, the internet confirms that turbo tax has a glitch with the 1041? Is this true? If not…why did turbo tax need my daughter to complete a 1041. She is neither a beneficiary or fiduciary??? This pop up occured when she was completing the retrun just prior to e-filing. It showed up while analizing….showed a “federal error check”. Very difficult to work around this error …AND e-file. Suggestions on the internet were to type in bogus numbers and go back to the Home Page (and or summary page) and then click on the K-1 …and “delete” form. This could not be done with the Free Form. BTW Turbo suggests to filiers that they may just “continue w/out fixing the error if sure return is correct”. Yes, a filer may continue. However, when ready to file the error shows up AGAIN during a 2nd analyze process and tells the filer to file via THE MAIL …OR fix the error. ??? The (real) error is that this shows up erroneously on tax returns without being prompted. My daughter, myself (mother) and grand daughter are ALL living. My daughter is not the executor or anyones estate. What gives? Reply After I filled out my bank name, routing and account numbers, I did not receive any indication that my payment would be processed. The efile page (where Turbo Tax also asked me to buy protection) Stated $0. How do I know that my payment information has been accepted? Reply It continues to ask me for a PIN? I called the number and it said that I don’t need one I just need to put 0 where the AGI goes. Each time I have done that my Efile has been disconnected. Reply I efiled my taxes this morning (4/12) through TurboTax. Within an hour, I received a rejection notice saying that my SSN is being used as a spouse on another tax return. I double checked. I filed Single with only my SSN. Nothing is in a wrong box. Is this a TurboTax glitch? Reply Hi Neal, No, sorry unfortunately it sounds like someone used your social security number. You will have to paper file your tax return and contact the IRS. Since its close to the deadline send your tax return certified return and request a signature. Thank you, Lisa Greene-Lewis Reply Mine had the same problem and I had accidently checked a box (on Federal return)that stated I had previously submitted a return. I thought it meant last year. I went back in (through fix it) under Turbo Tax, and checked the correct box below that and refilled. It is now pending. Good luck! Reply I USED TURBO TAX TO FILE THIS YEAR. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO SUMINT MY TAXES I HIT FILE AND I RECIVED AN E-MAIL SAYING SOMEONE ALREADY CLAIMED MY KIDS. SO I WENT BACK, PRINTED MY TAXES OUT INSTEAD AND MAILED THEM INTO THE IRS. AM I GOING TO GET MY REFUND EVEN THO SOMEONE HAS ALREADY FILED MY CHILDREN? AND IF SO HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE? AND ALSO HOW DO I FIND OUT WHO CLAMMED THEM? Reply Hi Cilla, You did the right thing by printing your taxes and mailing them. Next the IRS will process your tax return and give you a tax refund if they think you are entitled to one. They will also contact you and the other person who filed and claimed your kids to determine who was eligible. You can also contact them as soon as possible and let them know someone claimed your kids on their taxes. Thank you, Lisa Greene-Lewis Reply If somebody filed my son on there taxes but they were not accepted can I file my own an carry him or is it too late?? Reply I efiled on 2/22, accepted by IRS the same date, then it indicated “changed state to SUCCEEDED AGENCY”, what is that? I requested a money card but when I checked further, the update says that my refund was direct deposited in my bank on 3/5. Never gave my bank info, and printed my return to find a routing number and bank acct # inserted! Not mine, what is going on? Anyone? Reply I filed my taxes with efiled on the 27 of febuary 2014 and its been two weeks and it says processing how long will it take till I get approved? Reply My tax person put the wrong age for one of my son’s and the wrong sex for the other. Will this be problem for me? Can I just contact the Irs to fix it? Reply I filed my taxes with someone other than Turbo Tax before the end of January 2014. It is March and I just found out that my return was rejected due to not having a Filing Pin number on my return. So I refiled with Turbo Tax on 3/10/14. It is now 3/13 14 and I still have not received the confirmation number that Turbo Tax promised me. I do however have the Filing Pin number. This has been a nightmare!!! I have never had so much trouble filing my tax return or receiving my refund. Needless to say, I am currently NOT a happy camper. I hope to hear from Turbo Tax that my income tax return has now been accepted and I will receive my refund shortly. 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Lisa, the internet confirms that turbo tax has a glitch with the 1041? Is this true? If not…why did turbo tax need my daughter to complete a 1041. She is neither a beneficiary or fiduciary??? This pop up occured when she was completing the retrun just prior to e-filing. It showed up while analizing….showed a “federal error check”. Very difficult to work around this error …AND e-file. Suggestions on the internet were to type in bogus numbers and go back to the Home Page (and or summary page) and then click on the K-1 …and “delete” form. This could not be done with the Free Form. BTW Turbo suggests to filiers that they may just “continue w/out fixing the error if sure return is correct”. Yes, a filer may continue. However, when ready to file the error shows up AGAIN during a 2nd analyze process and tells the filer to file via THE MAIL …OR fix the error. ??? The (real) error is that this shows up erroneously on tax returns without being prompted. My daughter, myself (mother) and grand daughter are ALL living. My daughter is not the executor or anyones estate. What gives? Reply
After I filled out my bank name, routing and account numbers, I did not receive any indication that my payment would be processed. The efile page (where Turbo Tax also asked me to buy protection) Stated $0. How do I know that my payment information has been accepted? Reply
It continues to ask me for a PIN? I called the number and it said that I don’t need one I just need to put 0 where the AGI goes. Each time I have done that my Efile has been disconnected. Reply
I efiled my taxes this morning (4/12) through TurboTax. Within an hour, I received a rejection notice saying that my SSN is being used as a spouse on another tax return. I double checked. I filed Single with only my SSN. Nothing is in a wrong box. Is this a TurboTax glitch? Reply
Hi Neal, No, sorry unfortunately it sounds like someone used your social security number. You will have to paper file your tax return and contact the IRS. Since its close to the deadline send your tax return certified return and request a signature. Thank you, Lisa Greene-Lewis Reply
Mine had the same problem and I had accidently checked a box (on Federal return)that stated I had previously submitted a return. I thought it meant last year. I went back in (through fix it) under Turbo Tax, and checked the correct box below that and refilled. It is now pending. Good luck! Reply
I USED TURBO TAX TO FILE THIS YEAR. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO SUMINT MY TAXES I HIT FILE AND I RECIVED AN E-MAIL SAYING SOMEONE ALREADY CLAIMED MY KIDS. SO I WENT BACK, PRINTED MY TAXES OUT INSTEAD AND MAILED THEM INTO THE IRS. AM I GOING TO GET MY REFUND EVEN THO SOMEONE HAS ALREADY FILED MY CHILDREN? AND IF SO HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE? AND ALSO HOW DO I FIND OUT WHO CLAMMED THEM? Reply
Hi Cilla, You did the right thing by printing your taxes and mailing them. Next the IRS will process your tax return and give you a tax refund if they think you are entitled to one. They will also contact you and the other person who filed and claimed your kids to determine who was eligible. You can also contact them as soon as possible and let them know someone claimed your kids on their taxes. Thank you, Lisa Greene-Lewis Reply
If somebody filed my son on there taxes but they were not accepted can I file my own an carry him or is it too late?? Reply
I efiled on 2/22, accepted by IRS the same date, then it indicated “changed state to SUCCEEDED AGENCY”, what is that? I requested a money card but when I checked further, the update says that my refund was direct deposited in my bank on 3/5. Never gave my bank info, and printed my return to find a routing number and bank acct # inserted! Not mine, what is going on? Anyone? Reply
I filed my taxes with efiled on the 27 of febuary 2014 and its been two weeks and it says processing how long will it take till I get approved? Reply
My tax person put the wrong age for one of my son’s and the wrong sex for the other. Will this be problem for me? Can I just contact the Irs to fix it? Reply
I filed my taxes with someone other than Turbo Tax before the end of January 2014. It is March and I just found out that my return was rejected due to not having a Filing Pin number on my return. So I refiled with Turbo Tax on 3/10/14. It is now 3/13 14 and I still have not received the confirmation number that Turbo Tax promised me. I do however have the Filing Pin number. This has been a nightmare!!! I have never had so much trouble filing my tax return or receiving my refund. Needless to say, I am currently NOT a happy camper. I hope to hear from Turbo Tax that my income tax return has now been accepted and I will receive my refund shortly. Reply