I have run into this rejection issue filing my 2020 tax return. For the 2019 tax return, I filed before the July deadline in 2020 by hard copy by mail since my spouse had died in 2019 and TT would not allow me to e-file that 2019 return. The 2019 return listed my dead spouse and me on the return, whereas for the 2020 return, I am the only taxpayer. Before e-filing the 2020 return, I confirmed the AGI was exactly as it appeared on the married filing jointly 2019 return. My PIN has never changed and TT carries that forward. I received the reject IND-031-04 code shortly after e-filing my federal return. Questions:
1. Is my e-file being rejected because I filed a paper return last year for 2019?
2. Is my e-file being rejected since I am filing as a single taxpayer for 2020 instead of joint filing last year in 2019?
3. Do I need to delete the PIN from last year since I did not e-file 2019 taxes?
4. How many times can I try to e-file for free? I can just start to do some other things I have seen like enter $0 AGI from 2019?
Other ideas??
