Federal Return Rejected

[jlt1112]

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]

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

[DoninGA]

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.

[jlt1112]

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.