DMark and other repliers...Appreciate your attempts but you are giving an obvious answer to a situation different than the one that I and many others have described. I filed daughters taxes, checking box that she could be claimed by someone else as a dependent (therefore not entitled to a Personal Exemption). Earlier I mistakenly said I e-filed her return but I did not, I filed it via paper/mail. So on her 1040, there is no Personal Exemption taken by her. The IRS then processed it and her Tax Transcript says she did claim herself for Personal Exemption. So it is an IRS processing error.
I have tried to call the IRS 4 times, go through all the voice prompts only to be told they are too busy, call again another day (that is an unacceptable abomination in itself). So I have sent the case to the Taxpayer Advocate Service in my state (AR) to see if they might help me. I cannot amend her return, there is nothing to amend, it was filed correctly in the first place. If they will not help me, I'm not sure where to turn.
I thought about just deleting her from my return as a Dependent but it lowers my Fed refund by $1300+ so I'm not willing to do that.
So please everyone, do not tell me that if she did not check the box that she could be claimed by a dependent by someone else, she will have to amend her return and I will have to send mine in via paper. That is an INCORRECT RESPONSE to this problem which I and many others have.
