mhlester
Level 3

Hi, all,

Today I received an e-file acknowledgement from Lacerte on my account that the US accepted a Form 1040 on 3/17/2025 that I did not submit to Lacerte.  The file, still incomplete, seems to have been somehow sent to Lacerte and sent to the US without any user input. I am the only user who has access to the files. There are several critical diagnostics (especially the fourth one down) which I think might have prevented e-filing if I had tried to e-file the return. Untitled.jpg

I guess this would seem to somehow be a user error, but it happened at 12:54 AM on 3/17/25 when I submitted an S corp extension and a partnership extension... the last of my 3/17 extensions. I never even entered the individual module.

I wonder if the return was actually filed or if this is a Lacerte anomaly.

I called Lacerte but they have no answers for me.

I will file POAs for fed and state and try to find out if the returns were actually filed.

Today, I e-filed a federal extension and the US accepted it. I was thinking the extension might get rejected if the return was already filed, but no such luck.

Worst case, I will file an amended return, fed and state, when the return is finished and ready to file.

I wonder if anyone else has ever had this problem and if there are any other suggestions about how to proceed.

Thanks, Michael