E-filing both federal and Michigan returns together:

• IRS must accept the federal return in order for Michigan to receive the State return.
• After transmitting, you will receive an electronic return verification (acknowledgment) that your federal return has been either accepted or rejected by the IRS.
• You will receive a separate acknowledgment from Michigan for your State return.
• If your federal return is rejected, the software provider should help you with any needed corrections. You will need to retransmit both returns.

E-filing Michigan return separately from federal return:

• After transmitting, you will receive an electronic return verification (acknowledgment) that your Michigan return has been either accepted or rejected.
• If your Michigan return is rejected, the software provider should help you with any needed corrections and you will need to retransmit your Michigan return.

Note:

If your online software provider sends e-mail notifications regarding the status of your return, you may want to verify a spam filter is not blocking e-mail notifications from the software provider's e-mail address.

If you e-file using a tax preparer, you will receive notification from the tax preparer if the IRS or Michigan rejected your return