Can I efile 2020 tax return without 2019 AGI? Due to IRS delay to process my tax return in system and cause my efile were rejected?

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

You received an email that we cannot see that tells you why your tax return was rejected.  

Some rejected returns can be fixed and re-filed.  Some have “un-fixable” reasons for the rejection and have to be mailed instead. What is the rejection code or rejection message? 

 If it was rejected for AGI—-be aware that many 2019 returns took so long for the IRS to process that your 2019 AGI might not be in the IRS system.   Try using zero instead.

If filing with zero is rejected then file again but select the option that you did not file last year.  The IRS does not see that question and it will allow you to e-file with no AGI question.

Or—-if you filed as a “non-filer” just to get the stimulus check on a 2019 return, try using $1 as the AGI.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/where-do-i-correct-my-agi-in-turbotax-online/00/26311

If that does not work and you still cannot e-file, then print, sign, and mail your tax return.

[FluvannaPeanutsCola]

I tried all of the solutions in the answer and none worked for me.  Fortunately, I did not owe any money, so I will just be a date late in fiing.

[Critter-3]

If you could not efile successfully  yesterday  and  you have not yet done so  :   in the FILE tab choose to mail in the return and then the proper forms and instructions will be populated. 

Online tax preparation and e-filing for 2020   returns will soon be  permanently closed.  You had until midnight on Friday, October 15 to finish and attempt to e-file; if your e-file was rejected you have  until October 20 to make corrections and re-file. Now it is too late to use online software or to e-file.

If you have any changes/corrections at all to make to your 2020 return, you now have another week to finish using the online program before the online system closes for the 2020 returns.  After that you will need to use the desktop software, which you must download to a full PC or Mac  (not to a mobile device).  Save the .taxfile  ASAP so you can continue in the downloaded program and not have to start again from scratch. 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2559403-how-do-i-finish-a-prior-year-return-that-i-started-in-turb...

If you already paid for your online software you can ask customer support for a download of the desktop software.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899263-what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number

If you are getting a refund, there is no penalty for filing late.  If you owe tax due, then file and pay the amount due as shown on the Form 1040, but expect a bill later from the IRS for the penalty and interest you will owe.  Only the IRS will calculate this—TurboTax will not calculate it.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-finish-a-prior-year-return-that-i-...