topic Re: AGI rejection in After you file

AGI rejection

ITM — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:17:46 GMT

Married, I am self employed and wife is retired. Just filed jointly State & Federal returns. Both rejected saying AGI didn't match last years AGI. I verified the AGI is correct. When filing Turbo Tax asks to verify AGI for both husband & wife. Why, if we're filing jointly? I put the same AGI number in for both of us. Should I have put 0 in for my wife?

Re: AGI rejection

DoninGA — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:35:38 GMT

Try using 0 (zero) for both of your 2021 AGI's and e-file the 2022 tax return again. If that is also rejected then enter the 0 for your wife and the actual 2021 AGI for yourself and try again.

Re: AGI rejection

ITM — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:10:13 GMT

Could it be because all previous years were mailed in?

Re: AGI rejection

DoninGA — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:22:12 GMT

@ITM wrote:

Could it be because all previous years were mailed in?

It very well could be the reason. A mailed 2021 tax return took the IRS months to process. So if the return was not processed until late in 2022 or even in early 2023 the 2021 AGI would not be in the IRS database.

Re: AGI rejection

DianeW777 — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:26:16 GMT

No. The IRS does have the AGI record for all taxpayers. If you continue to receive a rejected return you can always mail it.

How do I print and mail my tax return?

You can try to e-file a return as many times as you want so you can try again. The amount that should be present or entered for each of you (taxpayer and spouse) should be the amount on line 11, of your Form 1040 for 2021.

Re: AGI rejection

ITM — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:17:50 GMT

IND-031-04: The primary taxpayer's AGI or Self-select PIN from last year does not match IRS records. This was the error code. I don't think the pin could be the problem since all previous years were mailed so there were no PIN's. When I submitted this years I just went with the PIN's Turbo Tax supplied.

Re: AGI rejection

KatrinaLO — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:36:05 GMT

If the 2021 adjusted gross income (AGI) you entered for yourself (or for your spouse if you filed jointly) doesn't match what the IRS has in their database, you'll get this rejection. Please see this Turbo Tax FAQ for assistance with your e-file reject.

Re: AGI rejection

ITM — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:44:30 GMT

Update!!! Ok, so I resubmitted the Federal after setting both AGI's to zero and just got confirmation Federal was accepted. Just resubmitted the State we'll see if that now also gets accepted. Thanks all for help/suggestions!

Re: AGI rejection

rreff928 — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:02:22 GMT

Thanx a million for 0 AGI suggestion, worked like a charm, i was going in circles with putting the correct

AGI in. Thanx again