@ajd878787 wrote:
Hello - does anyone know what a dependency statement actually means ? If one attaches a PDF or dependency statement to their efiling documents, is the refund or amount owed correct and reflective of the attached 8915-E statement or does the IRS manually need to review the attachements before making the amount owed or paid correct thus delaying the refund date significantly ?
This is from the IRS specifications for the E-file system.
General Dependency
As explained above, the General Dependency was created to allow for the submission of information that is not specified in a predefined schema. Starting in Processing Year 2010, MeF implemented three General Dependencies:
• “GeneralDependency” allows for an explanation of up to 1 million characters (e-file type is LongExplanationType). This dependency is available on Forms 1120, 1041 and 1065
• “GeneralDependencyMedium” allows for an explanation of up to 100,000 characters (e- File type is MediumExplanationType). This dependency is attached at the parent form level and is available for the following forms; 1040 family, 1041, 1120-F, 1120-S, 720, 2290 and 8849
• “GeneralDependencySmall” allows for an explanation of up to 5,000 characters (efile type is TextType with maximum length 5,000 characters)
However, this does not answer the question of whether the return will require manual review before paying (and thus delaying) a refund. Only the IRS can tell us that, and I don't think they have made a statement.
