@smandel1980 wrote:
That is where I am confused. I still live in the home as my primary/only residence and turbotax estimated my repayment amount. However form 5405 is not included in the e-file submission that I downloaded and the IRS says they need it. If it isn't required since I still live in the home, how to I resolve this?
I don't know what your letter exactly says. If you still live in the home where you got the credit in 2008, your repayment of the credit should be included on schedule 2, line 7b. Is your payment there?
Maybe the IRS got the idea you moved out? Did you use a different address this year, send them a change of address form, or something like that? Did you get divorced, maybe your spouse submitted a 5405 so the IRS thinks you need to submit one too, if you disposed of the home.
Does the letter say you must have form 5405, or does it say you must have form 5405 or make a payment on schedule 2?
If you did not make a payment, you need to do that now instead of including the form. You would prepare an amended return, but send the amended return and the check to the office that sent the letter, don't e-file the amended return. If you did make a payment and are still living in the home, I would send the IRS office a letter explaining that you still live in the home, and that form 5405 is not required, and include a copy of schedule 2 showing you made your payment on time.
