I believe it was pointed out before somewhere in the long thread, that there are two totally different reasons for the reject. One it the bug, the other is the way it has worked for years, that after the Social Security Administration has been notified of the death, they will "lock" the SSN so that it cannot be used to e-file a tax return. That is intentional to prevent tax fraud by ID thieves that use death announcements to file fake tax returns in the deceased name.
It is too easy to e-file a fake tax return and have the refund sent to a non-traceable prepaid credit card account, but paper filing leaves a trail.
**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**
