@Coker wrote:
On 4/17/2022 I will submit my tax return as you suggested. I will enter $0 for my AGI (see, once again you fail to qualify the the crux of the situatiuon, If I enter $0 for my AGI what do I enter for my spouses AGI??) Your answers are incomplete. You speak from a position of knowledge to a clientel that unfortunatley NEEDS you to communicate to us.... we are in a a position of ignorance. We don't know. That's why your here. So, If my tax return is rejected I will submit with an entry of $1 for my AGI and 1$ for my Spouse. So The following are the possibilities available:
Spouse AGI and MY AGI are Equal
Spouse AGI=0, My AGI + $(Amount)
My AGI=$0, Spouse AGI=??? (your suggestion)
My AGI =$1, Spouse AGI=??? (your suggestion)
Remember, I can submit as many attempts as you suggest. Just as long as my printed return is postmarked before midnight on 4/18/2022. Frankly, I think e-file is making turbotax look bad. It's got to go through them before it gets to the IRS. Maybe you should give them a call??!
I just now 8:39 PM 4/16/2022 submitted a third return. Per your suggestion $0 for both me and my spouse. Stay tuned!
I clearly said in both of my comments to you today, that the third method is to use the 2020 AGI of 0 for each of you, which is what you said you have now done. That may or may not work. You'll just have to wait and see. But it was something to try.
I don't work for TurboTax. I'm a long-time user and a forum volunteer helper for many years. This is a user community forum, and our purpose here is to try to help other users, so that's why I mentioned the third possibility of using a 2020 AGI of 0 for both of you before giving up. This is a common issue every year, but more so this year due to long delays at the IRS last year due to the Pandemic.
In both of my recent comments I suggested that third possible method of using a 2020 AGI of 0 for both of you (AGI of 0 for you and AGI of 0 for the spouse.) It sounds like you have now done that according to your last sentence above. If it also rejects, then I have no other possibility to suggest, but at that point you will have at least tried all the possibilities that apply to your situation .
I made no suggestion at all about using $1. That doesn't fit your scenario. The only thing I suggested was to now try the AGI of 0 for both of you.
The $1 thing mentioned by Champ @DoninGA is only for folks who used the Non-Filers Tool to get an advanced Child Tax Credit or Stimulus 3 payment. That should have nothing to do with you in the scenario you've painted.
