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Rejected return

AZCigarman — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:08:48 GMT

I fie taxes for my mother in law who is 94. I filed her 2022 taxes and they were accepted.

Last year (2023) I filed them and they were rejected. Unfortunately I use her phone and email on the form and so did not see wither the rejection or code. I did not realize this til I was in the process of preparing this year's taxes.

She owes nothing and would receive back less that $100 so I was not concerned and thought I could file them after the 2024 taxes.

I did his years taxes for her and as last year. TurboTax indicated no errors.

I used my phone number this year as her contact and got a rejection notice again. Since I did not have access to her email I went on the program and selected the last item on the pull down menu which is filing status.

I hit "fix my return" and it indicated I had to correct her last year AGI. As it indicated in the directions since there was no last year return I entered 0.

When that popped up I changed it to 0.00 and it indicated I should resubmit. Now I'm waiting to see if it net through.

Is there anything else I can do?

If rejected I will file for an extension and submit late I guess.

Thanks

Re: Rejected return

LeticiaF1 — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:49:00 GMT

Since she didn't file a tax return in 2023, you shouldn't use the AGI from 2023. Try entering 0 instead.

How do I find last year's AGI?

Re: Rejected return

AZCigarman — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:58:40 GMT

I did put 0 (and refiled with 0.00) in and that did not work. Thanks anyhow.

Re: Rejected return

HollyP — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:38:36 GMT

Thanks for reporting back. At this point it's best to file and extension, if there's any tax owed. Then file the return by mail.

How do I file an IRS tax extension?

How do I fix e-file reject IND-031-04 or IND-032-04?