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What do I do

Maranda13 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:24:50 GMT

I have been waiting since last year for 2020 taxes I sent out in March 2021. I had to file a paper return due to not having the ip pin. In oct they sent it back saying I forgot to sign. Same day received I certified mailed the signed return. Waited couple months and called to be told to wait a few more months. I just tried to call waited 3 hrs to talk to someone for that person to tell me to e-file the return and I questioned that due to already filing a paper return and then he switched it up and told me good luck call every couple of weeks. I asked to talk to someone else and got hung up on. Who do I contact or do I just have to go to the office?

Re: What do I do

ZoltanB45 — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:47:43 GMT

If you paper filed in march, it means that it took 7 months for the IRS to notice that you did not sign the return. That tells you how behind they are. If it takes another 7 months for them to process the return, it will mean that it would be ready by May. I would not waste my time calling them again until the tax season is over. Wait until May and call them then.

If you recently prepared your 2021 tax return, there is an outside chance, that the IRS would want to see the prior year return and that may alert them.

Re: What do I do

Maranda13 — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:53:46 GMT

The past few years I've had to send my return via certified mail. The one year I finally get the ip pen assigned so I can efile it gets rejected. It said one of my childrens ss# was already filed. I have for kids all of which cannot be claimed by someone else legitimately because they live with me and only I care for them. I don't even know which child it is. I've called the IRS to just get h in ng up on for hours

Re: What do I do

JillS56 — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:28:43 GMT

The IRS is not going to give you much more than you have already received. To try to figure out which child, the rejection might say something like "Qualifying Child 2" at the beginning of the error message. If it does, who is the 2nd child listed on your return? That is the child that is at issue. If it doesn't say that, are any of your children old enough to work, did they get a W-2 for their work and possibly file their own taxes and claimed themselves.

Double-check and make sure that you entered all of the social security numbers correctly and the birth dates are all entered correctly.

Either way, unless you made a typo in a social security number you will have to paper file. A typo in the social security number of one of your children is the only way you will be able to e-file.