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I need to fix my tax return. It was rejected due to being claimed as a dependent. It says "fix my return" all over the place but just leads me to signing w/o fixing.

  • April 15, 2020
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Best answer by Hal_Al

"It was rejected due to being claimed as a dependent".

 

If you are OK with being a dependent, go back to the personal info section and answer yes to the questions "can you be claimed as a dependent" and "Were you claimed".

 

If you are not OK with that, then you can NOT e-file.  You will have to mail in a paper return.

 

If someone else claimed you, as a dependent,  inappropriately, and if they file first, your return will be rejected if e-filed. You would then need to file a return on paper, claiming yourself, if appropriate. The IRS will process your return and send you your refund, in the normal time. Shortly (up to a year) thereafter, you’ll receive a letter from the IRS, stating that your exemption was claimed on another return. It will tell you that if you made a mistake to file an amended return and if you didn't make a mistake to do nothing. The other party will get the same letter you did. If one of you doesn't file an amended return, unclaiming the exemption, the next letter, from the IRS, will require you to provide proof. Be sure to reply in a timely manner.

Winner gets the tax benefits; loser gets to pay the IRS back with penalties and interest.

 

The usual suspects are:

  1. The parent the child lives with.
  2. The other parent. 
  3. The child claimed his own exemption.
  4. Some other member of the household (e.g. grandparent)
  5. Someone else the child lived with for part of the year

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Hal_Al
Level 15
Hal_AlLevel 15Answer
Level 15
April 17, 2020

"It was rejected due to being claimed as a dependent".

 

If you are OK with being a dependent, go back to the personal info section and answer yes to the questions "can you be claimed as a dependent" and "Were you claimed".

 

If you are not OK with that, then you can NOT e-file.  You will have to mail in a paper return.

 

If someone else claimed you, as a dependent,  inappropriately, and if they file first, your return will be rejected if e-filed. You would then need to file a return on paper, claiming yourself, if appropriate. The IRS will process your return and send you your refund, in the normal time. Shortly (up to a year) thereafter, you’ll receive a letter from the IRS, stating that your exemption was claimed on another return. It will tell you that if you made a mistake to file an amended return and if you didn't make a mistake to do nothing. The other party will get the same letter you did. If one of you doesn't file an amended return, unclaiming the exemption, the next letter, from the IRS, will require you to provide proof. Be sure to reply in a timely manner.

Winner gets the tax benefits; loser gets to pay the IRS back with penalties and interest.

 

The usual suspects are:

  1. The parent the child lives with.
  2. The other parent. 
  3. The child claimed his own exemption.
  4. Some other member of the household (e.g. grandparent)
  5. Someone else the child lived with for part of the year
tristy77Author
Level 2
April 17, 2020

Thank you!

Level 2
January 19, 2022

Please help me fix this you fixed it January 11 2020 it is January 2022

Level 2
February 1, 2022

Necesito sacar dependiente

Level 10
February 1, 2022
Level 2
February 4, 2022

I was trying to go back to fix my return  I was put it down the wrong number for 2020 

Level 15
February 4, 2022

@Pjo46  Log back into your TurboTax account.  When you get to the end where it says you are ready to file it will ask you what your AGI for the prior year (in this case 2020) was.  You will enter the correct amount.  If you don't have any idea what to enter then put '0'.

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