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Must file state tax electronic

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May 2, 2022
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Have already filed Fed tax by mail. TT won't allow me to file VA tax electronically as the state requires. Please advise workaround.

DoninGA

Employee

Virginia only requires electronic filing of a personal income tax return under specific circumstances - https://www.tax.virginia.gov/electronic-filing-requirements

Fiduciary and Individual filers who meet these criteria are required to file electronically:

Any installment payment of estimated tax exceeds $2,500 or
Any payment made for an extension of time to file exceeds $2,500 or
The total income tax liability for the year exceeds $10,000

TurboTax is Not a paid tax preparer. The tax return is self-prepared using the TurboTax software.

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AE4RAuthor

Thanks for your kind help. My 2021 tax liability exceeds $10K. So TT advised I need to file electronically. I filed my Federal tax by mail. Now TT won't allow me to file VA electronically. I don't want to file Fed again, electronically if I can help it. What would you advise?

DoninGA

Employee

@AE4R TurboTax has prohibited the e-filing of a state tax return if the federal tax return is not e-filed. Unfortunately there is no other option but to e-file the federal tax return so that you can e-file the state return.

If the IRS has not started processing the mailed federal tax return they should Accept the e-filed federal return. If the IRS has started processing the mailed return then they will Reject the e-filed federal return.

I checked the Virginia Department of Taxation website and they do not offer e-filing. They only give list of firms that provide e-filing, TurboTax being one of them.