2025 return rejected because of EIC being claimed already
child's father and I have court order that states which of us can file and claim our 3 children each year (1 year I claim 1 child and he claims 2, and the next year it reverses). When TurboTax desktop asked me about the children (it has all of the children's information from previous year's filings), I answered that I had an agreement for the 2 children he was claiming, and checked the box that said the other parent was claiming that child. Yet it apparently included one of those 2 children he filed for only under the earned income credit schedule, because my efile was rejected stating that the earned income credit had already been claimed by someone else for that child. I then went back and deleted the two children entirely from my dependents (even though it even stated in that screen that these children were not being filed as dependents by me) and it reduced my refund by $894. My question is am I able to attempt to efile this correction version, or do I have to file by paper now? Turbotax sure has become confusing for even the well versed, and I am guessing it's because of AI.
