The Juggle Zone: Bargain Blog

Despite having bought TaxCut Deluxe back in December, I didn't get around to actually doing my taxes until last night. I finished at some strange hour in the morning, and began the steps to e-file the Federal portion of my tax return. There's no point in e-filing the State portion, for two reasons: 1) it costs money (Federal is FAR), and 2) I am not due a State refund, so there's no hurry there.

The way TaxCut's e-filing system works is one's tax return is uploaded to their computers, where something mystical and magical transpires, prior to actually submitting it to the US government. Apparently it takes around 24 hours to go through this process.

Despite having passed the TaxCut error check, I was informed via email that:

We've found a problem with the federal tax return you electronically filed (e-filed), and this problem is preventing IRS computers from accepting your transmission.

Please return to TaxCut and check your e-file status for detailed information about your federal tax return.

Annoyingly, the only way to check what's wrong is with TaxCut, which I won't have access to until this evening. Until then, I am simply left to wonder. It makes me feel good that I didn't hurry to mail in the state portion, in the event there are corrections to be made.

UPDATE: Much to Hootie's surprise, the problem did not lay with TaxCut, but with the fact that my wife has not yet changed her name with the Social Security Administration. I've modified the tax return accordingly, and now it's time to see if it goes through this time.

UPDATE 2 (3/31): As of this morning, the IRS has accepted my federal tax return!