30 minutes after filing my personal (married-jointly) federal and state income taxes for 2020 I received the error condition IND-517-01implying a dependent SSN in my return had filed a return where the dependent's tax filing did not indicate they are dependent of my wife and I.
I have two dependents; my son and daughter. Only my son was required to file federal and state income taxes for 2020. We used Turbotax to create his 1040 and mailed in his return. Since we created my son's return with TurboTax we have a copy of the exact 1040 submitted. His filing clearly shows "Someone can claim You as a dependent" is checked !!
I can only think of 3 things gone wrong:
1) The IRS when processing his claim somehow did not observe my son's filing status as ""Someone can claim You as a dependent". 2) Some has fraudulently filed a claim against my son's SSN. 3) Some has fraud
fraudulently filed a claim against my daughter's SSN.
Thoughts on how best to resolve this error condition which we (my son, myself) has not caused?
Back story: My son's return was submitted 2/27/20. +7 weeks later the "Where's my Refund" had no record of his return. I called the IRS on 4/26. I am told, "we just received the return". My reaction: Huh? , it was sent in the mail 8 wks ago. I am told it will take 2-4 weeks for my son's tax refund to arrive. 3 days later my son's gets his electronic refund. And now I have the " IND-517-01" issue when I try to file my taxes. Something is definitely "off" at the IRS.
