This is your source of truth: https://accountants.intuit.com/tax/proseries/resources/release-dates/index-18.jsp as mentioned 11/15 was supposed to be the release date. If the initial is released prior i don't believe there are any plans to release the final version prior to 1/4: https://accountants.intuit.com/_intuit/accountants/tax/2018/proseries/fragments/resources-release-da...