topic Re: REJECTED in After you file

REJECTED

CNC6977 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:47:39 GMT

Hi, last years tax return was rejected and had to mail it in. This year the federal was rejected again saying the spouses adjusted gross income didnt match last years. I verified the numbers and resubmitted but got the same result. Is it possible because of last years issue that the info isn't in the system? I can mail this in but how do i fix going forward? thanks

Re: REJECTED

mesquitebean — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:13:23 GMT

@ CNC6977 wrote:
Hi, last years tax return was rejected and had to mail it in. This year the federal was rejected again saying the spouses adjusted gross income didnt match last years. I verified the numbers and resubmitted but got the same result. Is it possible because of last years issue that the info isn't in the system? I can mail this in but how do i fix going forward? thanks

EDIT NOTE 3/17/2026 at 6:58 PM Pacific.

Scroll down and see my comment which follows this one first.

You should NOT have to mail. This can probably be fixed so you can efile.

Try using a 2024 AGI of 0 (zero) for the spouse. If that doesn't work, report back again, and post the rejection error code or message, and we may have another suggestion.

Re: REJECTED

mesquitebean — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:53:58 GMT

@ CNC6977

I should have asked this above. I'm not sure how you have been trying to efile with the 2024 AGI. Did you file a joint return in 2024 and a joint return in 2025? If so, you and the spouse would have the same total 2024 AGI. If your 2024 return was a joint return, when you filed the first two attempts this year, did you use the same total 2024 for both of you?

If all that applies (joint return in 2024 and 2025), and if it was rejected when you used the same total 2024 AGI for both of you, then the next step is to try using the total 2024 AGI for you and a spouse AGI of 0. If that fails, there is still another option to still be able to efile. So please report back.