Beginning with Tax Year 2025, the IRS has made important updates to certain federal acceptance alerts. In some situations that previously resulted in a rejection, the IRS will now accept the return and issue an alert instead.
Two key updates include alerts regarding dependents already claimed on another return and potential delays for refunds issued by paper check.
Drake Software began sending emails on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 — when there is a new IRS acceptance alert for a federal return. Please review these notifications carefully, as some alerts may require additional taxpayer action.
You can view a complete list of IRS acceptance alerts in the Returns Report within your Drake Software Account online. For more details, including examples and instructions for enabling the Alerts filter, please see the Knowledge Base article Drake Tax – Online Reports – IRS Acceptance Alert.
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