It's not fair. It's not the taxpayer's fault, either. I know that I would not have checked that box and have not checked that box ever, and I do review the step-by-step and the form before submitting. After submitting electronically, I don't know how one could know there was an error until it is processed and something like this happens. It should not matter, though, because the box that says someone can claim me was not checked but that was the reason that I was deemed ineligible. It is a glitch. I, too, spoke to an IRS representative and tax payer advocate. They could see it was a glitch and neither of them placed blame. Unfortunately, neither of them could help even though they expressed a desire to do so. It seems that it will take an act of congress to allow the IRS to manually make the corrections. This problem, from what I can see, has been publicized in the media (Forbes), and people have contacted the IRS, tax advocates, state representatives, business reporting agencies, and Turbotax. Looking at this forum, this has been a known issue for months. It's disappointing that the best anyone can do is say that it can be claimed when you file your taxes next year or, maybe, they will make the changes to include this group this year. I am an eligible, tax paying American, with two children but we received nothing and it looks like we will not receive anything during this time when all eligible Americans were supposed to receive the help "expediently".
