My significant other and I have 2 kids together. We are unmarried and live together with other family. We both had entered both of our kids on each of our returns to compare which would benefit us the best. We agreed to claim one child each on our return. He submitted his return first with both kids as in dependents section but clicked that the other parent (me) will be claiming one of the kids. I submitted my return after and received email that my return is rejected due to dependent already claimed for earned income credit. Is this because my partner had both kids on his return even though he claimed only one as his dependent and marked off that the other dependent will be claimed by the other parent?
Does he need to amend his return and completely take off the dependent that I am suppose to claim? Should I wait to re-file my return until he amends his return or can I go ahead and submit my return?
Sorry in advance for so many questions, but just want to get more clarity since it is now past the deadline.
