1040 e-file disaster averted: How to meet the filing deadline when your tax return has been rejected

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April 19, 2011 — 210 views  


Procrastinators beware! Just because you e-filed your tax return before Midnight on April 18, that doesn't mean your tax return is timely filed. The IRS can take up to two days to formally accept the electronically filed tax return once the return is dispatched. What should you do if you e-filed a tax return before the clock struck 12, but then the next day, after the filing deadline has passed, you receive a rejection notice from the IRS stating that the e-filed return was not accepted?


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