Illinois preparers???

[Cathy]

I know Illinois is a Direct State, however, is it necessary to wait until the Federal return is accepted before e-filing the Illinois return?

I e-filed the Illinois return at the same time as the Federal return and got the following error:

"The IRS Submission ID referenced in the State Submission Manifest must be present in the e-File database."

The reject code was "STATE-901" which I found online to mean "Depositer Account Number (SEQ 0972) has been used on more than two previously acccepted electronic returns".

I called the IL Dept. of Revenue and the Customer Service lady had no idea what "The IRS Submission....." meant. I'm thinking the Federal has to be accepted first. I filed for the same couple last year and don't remember having to wait.

Would appreciate any Illinois preparer's thoughts on the subject!

Thanks,

Cathy

[tkamba]

I have gotten this error. It seems to be a hiccup. I re-created the IL efile and it went through no problem except it is taking days to get accepted by the state.

[Cathy]

Thanks, tkamba

I re-created also and sent it again and it still rejected. Maybe their system is just jammed. I'll try to e-file it again in a day or so.

Cathy