STATE OF MAINE says that turbotax doesnt claim 1, just 0 when filing single....I cant ammend this thru turbo tax. I have lost out on thousands. Anyone else?

[backwoodsgnar]

Called the state for our reimbursement program, I didnt get mine. They said its bc I claimed 0 dependents when it should have been 1 (myself) I have used turbotax for YEARS meaning my state taxes have been wrong every year. I'm furious. I cant figure out how to change it thru turbo tax and have lost (minimum 1.5k) in refunds in the past 2 YEARS. Has anyone else had this issue? Has anyone been able to ammend their dependents (going from 9 to 1) thru turbo on state filings?

[TomD8]

If you're filing as a Single person and you have no children or dependents, Box 13 of your Maine tax return should have a "1" and Box 13a should have a "0".

https://www.maine.gov/revenue/sites/maine.gov.revenue/files/inline-files/21_1040me_dwnldff.pdf

You can't be your own dependent.

[backwoodsgnar]

What turbo did though was zero me out on both according to the maine revenue services 

[TomD8]

Seems unlikely that it was a TurboTax error, because a software error like that would have resulted in hundreds of complaints.

[SteamTrain]

Then it might be because that at some point, you indicated that you-yourself were someone's dependent?  (either that being true..or somehow accidentally entered). A zero would be used in that case.

The 1040ME line 13 instructions for that situation, say:

"Except, enter “0” if you (or, if married filing jointly, both you and your spouse) may be claimed as a dependent on another person’s return. If you are married filing jointly and only one spouse may be claimed as a dependent on another person’s return, enter “1.”"

[SweetieJean]

Has anyone been able to ammend their dependents (going from 9 to 1) thru turbo on state filings?

Please clarify. You had been claiming 9 dependents, but now only want to claim 1 on State tax return?  Or are you asking about your W-4 withholding form?

As to your primary question, you never looked at your Maine return each year before filing it?

[SteamTrain]

@SweetieJean   ...or perhaps the user accidentally hit the "9" instead of the adjacent "0", and doesn't realize they can edit error keystrokes ....even after posting