E-file error: The attached Federal Efile needs to have one of the following statuses: Qualified, Accepted, or Awaiting Acknowledgement

The attached Federal Efile needs to have one of the following statuses: "Qualified", "Accepted", or "Awaiting Acknowledgement".
The attached federal return must have a status of Qualified, or a submission status of Awaiting Acknowledgement or Accepted.

Solution 1

  1. Go to
    Organizer
    ,
    States
    ,
    State E-file
    ,
    Enable Create Returns
    , then the
    Federal Copy
    tab.
  2. Make sure the correct federal return is attached.
  3. If you haven't filed the federal return:
    1. Clear all diagnostics for the federal return.
    2. Create a qualified federal e-file.
    3. Recreate the PA e-file to clear this diagnostic.
  4. If you're still seeing this diagnostic, recreate the federal e-file, then recreate the PA e-file.
  5. Do a full recompute, re-create the e-file, and resubmit the return.

Solution 2

  1. Go to
    Organizer
    ,
    States
    ,
    State E-file
    ,
    Enable/Create Returns
    , then the
    Federal copy
    tab.
  2. Make sure the federal e-file is qualified.
  3. Do a full recompute, re-create the e-file, and resubmit the return.
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