@ shewman6400 wrote:
"IND-181-01 - The Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) for the first taxpayer on your return is missing"
No, I did not have Unemployment Income.
Oh, an IP PIN makes a huge difference. That is NOT an "efile PIN." That's not related at all to the efile verification steps using AGI or a 5-digit PIN. It's even entered in a different section of TurboTax.
Once the IP PIN is correctly entered, when you then go through the FILE section, you'll still have to verify with 2020 AGI in the filing steps. If an efile fails due to a 2020 AGI, it will clearly say "AGI" in the error message and will have a different error code than the one you received.
An IP PIN (Identity Protection PIN) is a 6-digit PIN provided by the IRS to certain victims of ID theft, or to those folks who opt-in to the IP PIN program. If the IRS has evaluated a filer as a victim of tax-related ID theft, they send a letter in late December/early January each year with one's new IP PIN to use for the particular calendar year. Folks who have opted-in to the program have to retrieve their IP PIN from the IRS each year.
Did you receive your new IP PIN this year (to be used for filing any returns during calendar year 2022, such as the current 2021 return?)
If you need to retrieve your current IP PIN, here's how to get to the retrieval tool on the IRS site:
https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/retrieve-your-ip-pin
Are you using desktop software? If so, once you have your current IP PIN, here's how to go to the IP PIN section to enter it in the desktop product:
- Federal Taxes tab (or Personal tab in Home and Business)
- Subtab: Other Tax Situations
- Scroll down to Other Return Info.
- Choose topic Identity Protection PIN, then click Start (or Update.)
