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IRS Notice - Error in 2021 Form 1040

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
April 22, 2022
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I received a notice that there was incorrect calculation on Form 1040, Recovery Rebate Credit and as a result tax is due.

I checked everything again, and I have entered all correct information.

Is this a bug in the software? Anyone else got this?

TurboTax Home & Biz Windows

Best answer by VolvoGirl

@VolvoGirl Thank you!

I have definitely made a mistake in filing my return.

I have not actually received any economic impact payment in my account, but I reported it on my return since I received a letter from IRS saying that I have received $2800 (and $2800 for my spouse). I checked my account, and nothing has come from them.

So should I be filing an amended return, and then initiating a trace of the payment? Holding for the IRS agent for 1 hour, 40 minutes now.

Thank you for your help!

You each got a letter 6475 for 2800? So 5600 combined? Do you have 2 dependents? You didn't get the 5600? And you checked your bank accounts? They might have sent a check or debit card which would be easy to miss and think it was junk mail. The 3rd Stimulus payment came out starting in March 2021. How much was on your tax return line 30?

You don't need to amend for that. If the IRS thinks they sent it to you but you didn't get it request a trace for a missing third Stimulus payment

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/questions-and-answers-about-the-third-economic-impact-payment-topic-j-payment-issued-but-lost-stolen-destroyed-or-not-received

DoninGA

Level 15

If the IRS noted an incorrect calculation then that is because you said you did not receive the 3rd stimulus payment and the IRS has records that show you were sent the 3rd stimulus payment so they removed the Recovery Rebate Credit that was entered on Form 1040 Line 30.

Go to this IRS website for your tax account to see if the 3rd stimulus payment is entered - https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account
If you are Married Filing Jointly also check your spouse's tax account.

If you checked your bank account in the March - May 2021 timeframe and there is not a EIP3 payment from the IRS then go to this IRS website for how to start a trace on the payment - https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/questions-and-answers-about-the-third-economic-impact-payment-topic-j-payment-issued-but-lost-stolen-destroyed-or-not-received

spat001Author

Level 3

I have indicated that I received the third stimulus payment. The Line 30 of the Form 1040 says the correct amount. My online IRS account shows the correct amount I received.

DoninGA

Level 15

@spat001 wrote:

I have indicated that I received the third stimulus payment. The Line 30 of the Form 1040 says the correct amount. My online IRS account shows the correct amount I received.

Then you will have to use the IRS website to trace the payment.

nikolina996

Level 2

I have the same issues

bgavin

Level 2

I have the same bug.

I just received IRS Form CP12 notifying me of an error in the Recovery Rebate Credit.
All numbers are calculated correct.

It appears TT entered a $2800 credit on 1040SR line #30.
TT did not ask if we had received stimulus checks, and apparently entered this amount.
IRS knows we received stimulus checks, so they disallowed this $2800 credit, resulting in tax due.

IMO, this is a bug in 2021 Turbo Tax.

xmasbaby0

Level 15

Maybe you skipped right past the questions in Federal Review for the recovery rebate credit, which did indeed ask if you received the 3rd EIP. You were supposed to answer those questions correctly and enter whether you already received the $2800. Your mistake put $2800 on line 30 when line 30 should have been blank. The IRS knows that you already received the $2800, so they reduced your refund. You cannot get the same $2800 twice.

It was not a "bug." It was a user error.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

xmasbaby0

Level 15

I faithfully follow all the TT instructions, including the review.
I have all the stimulus documented, and records scanned to PDF in my yearly tax directory.
There is wide spread comments about this problem, including on the IRS web site, so it is a pervasive problem.

As a software developer, it is up to ME to make certain the user is presented with understandable instructions.
Since you did not fill out my return, you really are clueless how I responded or did not respond.
Posting the typical "user error" does nothing constructive except increase your post count.

"TT did not ask if we had received stimulus checks, "

stan4veterans

Level 2

error on1040SR THEY SAY I OWE 1,585.38

Critter-3

Level 15

What exactly did they change ? The stimulus credit ?

A reduction in your refund for the recovery rebate credit is most often caused by user error---when you were asked how much you received for the third stimulus check -- the one for $1400 per person sent out from March to May last year----did you enter the total amount correctly? Did you use the amount from BOTH spouse's letters 6475? Or did you say you did not receive the full amount and thereby put an amount on line 30 of your Form 1040? If you received the full amount already then your line 30 should have been blank. There should only be an amount on line 30 if you did NOT receive all of the 3rd stimulus.

Try checking your online account with the IRS

https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account

Does the IRS show that you received a $1400 per person stimulus or EIP check in 2021? Did you receive it? When you were asked on your tax return did you say no? Was there $1400 per person on line 30 of your tax return?

If the IRS says you got $1400 last year but you did not receive it you can have it traced.

LOST THIRD STIMULUS CHECK

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/questions-and-answers-about-the-third-round-economic-impact-payment-top...

If you need to trace a payment that the IRS says has been issued to you, mail or fax a completed IRS Form 3911, Taxpayer Statement Regarding Refund.