@Sashella53 The IRS looks at either your 2018 or 2019 tax return to issue a stimulus check. If your 2018 return was rejected, the IRS did not get anything from you for 2018. Did you file a 2019 return that they can look at?
As for why your 2018 return was rejected---did you not notice it was rejected when you e-filed it--assuming you e-filed before the filing deadline in October 2019? You would have received an email telling you why it was rejected. The email would have had a rejection message or rejection code and you could have attempted to fix the problem and re-file it before October 20, 2019. Now it is too late to e-file a 2018 return. In order to file a 2018 return you have to print, sign and mail the return.
See below:
. If you have any changes/corrections at all to make to your 2018 return, you now have to complete it using desktop software, which you must download to a full PC or Mac (not to a mobile device).Then you need to print, sign and mail it.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2559403-how-do-i-finish-a-prior-year-return-that-i-started-in-turb...
If you already paid for your online software you can ask customer support for a download of the desktop software.
They are available from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time Monday-Friday.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899263-what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number
If you are getting a refund, there is no penalty for filing late. If you owe tax due, then file and pay the amount due as shown on the Form 1040, but expect a bill later from the IRS for the penalty and interest you will owe. Only the IRS will calculate this—TurboTax will not calculate it.
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