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To date (1/14/2022), I have conferred with several IRS agents regarding IRS Notice CP80, which I received via an automated IRS mailing. The CP80 notice, dated 12/20/2021, states 'We've credited payments and/or other credits to your tax account for the tax year shown above. However, we haven't received your tax return.'
The notice also advised that my 2020 return may need to be re-submitted.
During conversations with these IRS agents, I learned that:
1) the IRS PROBABY does have my paper 2020 return, but it may not be processed yet - I was advised to wait for further IRS correspondence.
2) if I had e-Filed my 2020 return, I probably would not have received a CP80 notice. And irs.gov
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue
states that 'If you filed electronically and received an acknowledgement, you do not need to take any further action....'
3) If I had filed my Foreign Pension TAXABLE Income (I do have a cost basis in the pension) as 'miscellaneous income' instead of filing Form 4852, the IRS could have responded with a letter requesting clarification - the agents recommended filing Form 4852 instead of entering the pension as 'miscellaneous income'.
4) I should not create fictitious TIN numbers simply because TurboTax is unable to process a Form 4852 per IRS instructions.
Conclusion: For Foreign Pension Income with pension cost basis , the IRS recommends filing form 4852 with line 6 remaining blank. However TurboTax is unable to process the return per these IRS instructions.
Why not just fix TurboTax so that it does process form 4852 as instructed by IRS?
