Amended State return rejected even though Federal is accepted

[swindoro]

I filed my student child's amended tax return for both Federal and California filing. The Federal return is accepted successfully but the state return is rejected with an REJ001 error stating that the Federal return has not been accepted. Even after waiting for 2 months and retransmitting both the Federal and State returns, the result is still the same. Moreover, my federal and state return filings as parents are also rejected because of a cited error in my child's tax return. The amendment was because we missed ticking the box that he is claimed as a dependent in the original filing.

There is no error in the Review section of any of the tax return. How do I fix this? Thanks.

[VolvoGirl · Accepted solution]

If the state amended return won't efile you will have to print and mail it.

You will have to print and mail your returns even if the child amends theirs.  Once a ssn has been entered into the IRS  you can't efile it again.  You didn't have to wait for the amended returns to be done.  

How to mail a return from the Online version
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/printing/help/how-do-i-print-and-mail-my-return-in-turbotax-online...

Be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them. You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places. Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.

[swindoro]

Thanks for the answer. Yes, I figured that the last resort is to mail the returns instead of e filing. My tax return as parents has not yet been filed, yet it is also not going through. Could it be that the "Accepted" federal efiling for my son is actually an error?

[VolvoGirl]

The second part of my answer was for  your return.  You will have to print and mail your returns even if the child's return is  amended. Once a ssn has been entered into the IRS you can't efile it again. You didn't have to wait for the amended returns to be done.