Federal Return Rejected

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
February 19, 2022
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My 2021 federal return was rejected due to the AGI for 2020 that I input did not match what the IRS has. I entered what was on my 2020 return as Turbo Tax did not load it in. Subsequent to the first rejection, I accessed my tax transcript from the IRS web site. The AGI on the transcript matched my input. I retransmitted the file and received a second rejection.

Clearly the IRS has a problem with their validation tool. Should I wait until sometime next week and try again, or should I just mail the returns?

xmasbaby0

Level 15

The IRS has been backlogged. Some 2020 AGI's did not make it into the system. Have you tried using zero ?

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DoninGA

Level 15

It may be possible the IRS does not have your 2020 AGI in their database.

Try entering a 0 (zero) for the 2020 AGI and e-file the 2021 tax return again.

jlt1112Author

Level 2

Many thanks to xmasbaby0 and DoninGA. Using 0 worked. Funny how one side of the IRS system has the info while the other side doesn't. Again, many thanks.