@SusanY1
Hi Susan,
I had filed my Tax returns in paper and applied ITIN for my dependents (spouse and 2 children) together on Feb18th 2020. In early July, My spouse received her ITIN alone and we received a separate ITIN rejection notice (CP567) for my daughters. It was rejected because, I made an error in my Form 1040 in which I checked "Child tax credit" instead of "Credit for other dependents" for my children.
Therefore I reapplied the ITIN for my children (with the rejection notice) along with the Form 1040 in which I corrected the mistake and checked "Credit for other dependents". While I was doing this, my original tax refund got processed and it looks like they didn't consider my children for the returns and refunded an amount which less than what I had applied for.
Its been around 12 weeks since I reapplied for my children's ITIN with no response. I tried speaking to IRS multiple times and they give same response and I should wait for some more time. They also dont give a proper answer to my questions, It will be great if someone in this forum can help.
My question is,
1. What happens after I get the ITIN, Can I reach out to IRS on phone to include my children's ITIN to the same 2019 returns and claim the remaining refund or should I re-file an Amendment tax returns and go through the whole process again?
2. Meanwhile, I was also unable to file the California State tax returns due to the same reason - is it ok to wait until I get the children's ITIN numbers or should I be doing something to keep the state tax department informed?
Please advise. Thanks in advance.
