@ njqiqiu wrote:
Our 2024 tax was just accepted using only one IRS IP PIN I just got following your instructions. We didn't receive any letter. This is what has happened.
IND-517-02 - 'DependentSSN' in the return must not be the same as Primary or Spouse SSN on another return where Primary or Spouse have not indicated that they could be claimed as a dependent on someone else's return. Visit www.irs.gov/iden[product key removed]-scams/iden[product key removed]dents for additional information. To electronically file with this duplicate condition, an Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) will be required. If you wish to get an IP PIN and you don't already have an account on IRS.gov, then you must register to validate your identity. Please visit www.irs.gov/getanippin for further information and resubmit your return with an IP PIN.
Thank you so much for your help!
Oh, that's a much different situation for needing an IP PIN. Your short initial message made it sound like a routine IP PIN rejection. This is not an "IP PIN rejection" at all. It was a "DependentSSN" rejection. The IP PIN that the error message suggested you get in this situation is actually a new workaround this year for when one has that "Dependent SSN" issue. That workaround allows the primary taxpayer to efile anyway in spite of the DependentSSN issue. Now you have to figure out why this error occurred, e.g., if your dependent was claimed on another return (their own?) and correct it. I'll provide several possibilities below.
The most common situation causing that rejection would be that you claimed a dependent on your return and that dependent also filed their own return and didn't indicate that he/she could be claimed on someone else's return. Do you have a dependent that you were qualified to claim on your return, but who mistakenly claimed themself as primary on a return that they filed for themself? If that's the case, then your dependent needs to file an amended return and indicate on it that someone else can claim them on their return to hopefully avoid an IRS letter.
While the above is a common situation in families, if that doesn't explain it, then there are some other things that can cause it, such as you mistyping a SSN for your dependent in the My Info section (you should check to be sure you entered dependent's SSN correctly), or someone else claiming your dependent as "taxpayer or spouse" on another return, or even someone filing a fraudulent return with your dependent's SSN.
