I have two children. I claim child A as a dependent, and I allow my ex to claim child B as a dependent. As the custodial parent, I still get the EIC for both child A and child B.
This year I unintentionally left child B off my EIC. I tried filing an amendment adding child B as "nondependent - for EIC/dependent care only". The IRS keeps rejecting my amendment because child B is showing on my 1040X in the dependent section, but is not in the dependent section on the amended 1040. It seems they are flagging the mismatch.
- 1040X-016 - For each dependent in 'DependentDetail' on Form 1040-X, there must be a corresponding entry in the same position in 'DependentDetail' on the amended Form 1040 with the same 'DependentFirstNm' and 'DependentLastNm' and 'DependentNameControlTxt' and 'IdentityProtectionPIN' and ( 'DependentSSN' or 'DiedLiteralCd') and 'DependentRelationshipCd' and ( 'EligibleForChildTaxCreditInd' or 'EligibleForODCInd' ).
Using last year's return as a reference, I think that child B should not be showing in the dependent section of the 1040X, only on the EIC worksheets. How do I get child B added to my EIC but not to the dependent section of my 1040X?
My TurboTax Personal Summary page does correctly show child B as "nondependent - for EIC/dependent care only".
