topic The field to type the name of child is shorter than last year and now the system does not recognize my son's name. How to fix it? in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/the-field-to-type-the-name-of-child-is-shorter-than-last-year-and-now-the-system-does-not-recognize/01/644984#M84423 <P>The 2017 version of the TurboTax allowed 21 characters (the length of my son's name) but the 2018 version allows only 20. Any adjustment that I tried caused my e-file to be rejected. How to fix it?</P><P>Thx</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 08:28:23 GMT dornelashm 2019-06-06T08:28:23Z The field to type the name of child is shorter than last year and now the system does not recognize my son's name. How to fix it? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/the-field-to-type-the-name-of-child-is-shorter-than-last-year-and-now-the-system-does-not-recognize/01/644984#M84423 <P>The 2017 version of the TurboTax allowed 21 characters (the length of my son's name) but the 2018 version allows only 20. Any adjustment that I tried caused my e-file to be rejected. How to fix it?</P><P>Thx</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 08:28:23 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/the-field-to-type-the-name-of-child-is-shorter-than-last-year-and-now-the-system-does-not-recognize/01/644984#M84423 dornelashm 2019-06-06T08:28:23Z Tax returns don't reject because of a first name.  Only t... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/tax-returns-don-t-reject-because-of-a-first-name-only-t/01/645000#M84425 <P>Tax returns don't reject because of a first name.&nbsp; Only the last name is compared to the Social Security records.&nbsp; What is your reject code?</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 08:28:25 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/tax-returns-don-t-reject-because-of-a-first-name-only-t/01/645000#M84425 Anita01 2019-06-06T08:28:25Z