depenents

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March 31, 2021
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My mother-in-law moved in with us a year ago, so she has been our dependent for the first time for all of 2020. She has no income and is on limited SS so she did not do taxes last year. She just submitted taxes this year and she filed that she is dependent. Her tax return was accepted. I tried to file our taxes but they were rejected with the reason being that we claimed her as a dependent when here last tax retun filed (2018) did not list her as our dependent. How long should I wait to e-file again so that her filing as our dependent is registered?

AmyC

Level 15

The rejection for a social security number should be based on this year. Please find her return and look at the form 1040 and make sure that she is actually marked as a dependent on the return that was filed. It is so easy to get that step backwards and mark not a dependent.

If the return is marked as a dependent, there is no reason for your return to reject. Please double check what the exact rejection says.

If the return is not marked as a dependent, you will need to mail in your return and she will need to file an amended return.

I am certain you marked mother, lived with you all year, etc in the program.

Living on social security, she did not need to file a return. If she is on disability, your claiming her may have an impact.

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chingaidaAuthor

Level 2

Thank you for y our answer. She definitely checked that she can be claimed as a dependent... I just double-checked. The only reason she filed this year is that we needed to claim her as a dependent... also related to the stimulus checks. Below is the reason Turbo Tax gave us for the rejection. We have 4 sons as well as our dependents. My oldest turned 18 in Feb. 2021, but he has never filed taxes. So, it has to be about claiming my mother-in-law as a dependent. Should I mail it in? Wait t e-file again? Her tax return was accepted but we just filed it late last week. Thank you for any help you can give me.

What happened

IND-517-01 - A Dependent SSN in the return must not be the same as the Primary or Spouse SSN on another return where 'PrimaryClaimAsDependentInd' or 'SpouseClaimAsDependentInd' is not checked.

npierson777

Level 10

If you mother-in-low filed her taxes to claim her stimulus payment and her return was accepted it means she did it as an Independent taxpayer. Adult dependents aren't eligible for first two rounds of stimulus payments. The only option for you in that case to remove her from your tax return.