Amending 2024 tax return

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August 11, 2025
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I wish to amend my return to remove my dependent daughter and claim her on her own return.

Do I need to amend my return first and when accepted by IRS then amend the child's return ?

xmasbaby0

Level 15

"I wish to amend my return to remove my dependent daughter and claim her on her own return."

To be clear---you already filed a tax return and claimed your daughter as a dependent and now you want to amend and remove her as a dependent? She will not be able to e-file if you already filed a return that used her Social Security number, so she will have to mail in her own return that says no one can claim her. She does not have to wait for you to amend.

Another thing she can try that may work is to get a six digit IRS PIN and try to e-file:

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-takes-steps-to-help-prevent-refund-delays-by-accepting-duplicate-dependent-returns-with-an-ip-pin-for-2025-filing-season-taxpayers-encouraged-to-sign-up-soon-for-ip-pin-online-account

https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/get-an-identity-protection-pin

When you amend your own return you will need to go to MY INFO to remove your daughter as a dependent.

Wait until your original return has been fully processed before you amend, and make sure you have saved a pdf of the original return before you amend. (If you do not save it as a pdf, the amended return will overwrite the original, and the original will be lost forever)

See this TurboTax support FAQ for amending a tax return -

CURRENT YEAR

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-federal-tax-return-current-year/L7eS6o1qh_US_en_US?uid=lfunevhk

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VolvoGirl

Level 15

Couple things.....

1. You need to first find out if she still qualifies as your dependent, even if you don't claim her. You might not have a choice. Even if you don't claim her, she might have to file her return and check the box that says she can be claimed on someone else's return. How old is she? Is she a full time college student?

2. What exactly happened? In what order? Were both the returns efiled and both Accepted? Or did 1 return reject? Yours or hers? You only need to amend the return that was filed. Not the one that rejected. Why do you need to amend both? Did she try to claim herself and it was rejected?

berniek1Author

Level 2

She is a full tme college student age 20. My return was accepted. Her's rejected code F1040-516-01 "PrimaryClaimAsDependent is not checked, then 'PrimarySSN' must not be the same as a Dependent SSN on another return filed for the same tax year". Return was then resubmitted acknowledging her as a dependent on my return and accepted.

She was as a result not able to claim the AOTC tax credit. I should not have listed her as my dependent , thus I believe I would have to correct my return to avoid the same reject again. Why wouldn't I have a choice as you stated?

Thank you

VolvoGirl

Level 15

Sorry, she qualifies as your dependent. You can leave her on your return and only need to fix (not amend) her rerturn. On her return she needs to check the box under My Info that she can be claimed as a dependent. Then she can efile. Oh, she fixed that and efiled ok? Then you don't have to do anything on your return or her return.

I don't know about the AOTC. @xmasbaby0