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My deceased spouses SSN is rejected when I try to e-file, how can I fix?

k1sol-3-fam5 — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 08:58:37 GMT

You will need to print and mail your return if you are fi...

Vanessa — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 08:58:38 GMT

You will need to print and mail your return if you are filing a joint return with a spouse who died in 2018. This is a security measure. The Social Security Administration marked their SSN as deceased so the return cannot be e-filed.

If they died prior to 2018, you would not include them on your return.

Re: My deceased spouses SS is rejected when I try to e-file, how can I fix?

Bonny K — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:46:21 GMT

I found out how to avoid getting that error message! My FIL passed away last year. My MIL is the surviving spouse. I kept getting the same error message when I e-filed that many people have posted about. I switched the order of the two names, to put my MIL first, and the return was accepted within one hour! I was able to keep the deceased box checked for my FIL and I put "widowed" for my MIL. Yay! Didn't have to submit by paper! TT experts should say to try this, and the TT software should say it as well.