@ LiuShuTax wrote:
I need know my last year ---- 2019 ---- self-select PIN. My last year efile was rejected, I file the tax by mail, how I can fix this issue?
If you did not successfully efile your 2019 return, then the IRS would have no Self-Select PIN (aka a "Prior-Year PIN") from that year in their database. Since you said your 2019 return was rejected and then you mailed the 2019 return, a Self-Select PIN was not used. You would need to verify your 2020 efile using the 2019 AGI instead.
Do you have your 2019 AGI? Have you tried to use it to efile your 2020 return? You use it in the AGI field, not the PIN field. The 2019 AGI is on your 2019 Form 1040, Line 8b.
Use the 2019 AGI from the original 2019 return--not an amended one.
If it's a joint return, both spouses use the same total AGI. Do not divide or otherwise allocate it.
Or did you already try efiling your current 2020 return using the 2019 AGI, and it rejected?
If your return was filed real late in the year, such as mid-November 2020 or later, you can try using a 2019 AGI of 0 (zero.)
Or if the IRS took a long time to process the 2019 return and had not finished processing it prior to November 2020, you could try an AGI of 0.
If you can register for an online account at the IRS website, you can view/download a free 2019 tax return transcript to see what the IRS is showing in its database for your 2019 AGI. But again, if the return was not processed until after mid-November 2020, you would need to use a 2019 AGI of 0.
I always tell people if their actual 2019 AGI (that was entered correctly) rejects, not to give up before trying an AGI of 0. Occasionally it works when there's no good explanation.
