I just received the dreaded "Tax Return was Rejected" email. The reason for the rejection was "duplicated 1099-R". My wife and I both had the exact same distribution amount from each of our IRA's from the same institution. My ASSUMPTION is that the IRS system checks are only looking for duplicates using FEIN + dollar amount. I am GUESSING that the IRS does not look at SSN, Name, or other fields for duplicates. I added .01 (1 penny) to the distribution and taxable distribution amount (Box 1 and Box 2) of the suspect "duplicate" 1099-R". I resubmitted the e-filed return and 15 minutes later received the blessed "e-file accepted" email.
