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Federal Return Rejected

jlt1112 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:34:20 GMT

My 2021 federal return was rejected due to the AGI for 2020 that I input did not match what the IRS has. I entered what was on my 2020 return as Turbo Tax did not load it in. Subsequent to the first rejection, I accessed my tax transcript from the IRS web site. The AGI on the transcript matched my input. I retransmitted the file and received a second rejection.

Clearly the IRS has a problem with their validation tool. Should I wait until sometime next week and try again, or should I just mail the returns?

Re: Federal Return Rejected

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 19:33:28 GMT

The IRS has been backlogged. Some 2020 AGI's did not make it into the system. Have you tried using zero ?

Re: Federal Return Rejected

DoninGA — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 19:33:52 GMT

It may be possible the IRS does not have your 2020 AGI in their database.

Try entering a 0 (zero) for the 2020 AGI and e-file the 2021 tax return again.

Re: Federal Return Rejected

jlt1112 — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 22:20:27 GMT

Many thanks to xmasbaby0 and DoninGA. Using 0 worked. Funny how one side of the IRS system has the info while the other side doesn't. Again, many thanks.