I'm getting an error message due to a statement that says "Dependent Information Worksheet: Dependent's SSN should not be the same as the Social Security Number of the qualifying child of Head of Household. You should only make an entry for a person qualifying you as Head of Household when they are not your dependent. You will need to delete the duplicate information for either the dependent or the person qualifying you as Head of Household who is not your dependent.
I'm confused. I have two children referenced with two different SSN's. One I'm claiming and the other my ex is. So what's the issue as the SSN's are not duplicates after multiple checks?
In TurboTax, follow the interview questions.
Enter your personal information, and then that of your Dependents.
Be sure you answer the question about giving the exemption to the other parent correctly and FOR ONLY THE ONE CHILD.
Once you finish the "My Info" interview, the program will suggest a filing status, and the one it suggests should be Head Of Household.
You should not need to enter the Social Security Number for your child a second time.
It sounds like perhaps you jumped ahead to or missed a section. Please review the "My Info" section.
Also try changing your filing status to Single and then back to Head of household to see if that clears it.
As a last resort, clear and start over if you are not too far into it.
In TurboTax, follow the interview questions.
Enter your personal information, and then that of your Dependents.
Be sure you answer the question about giving the exemption to the other parent correctly and FOR ONLY THE ONE CHILD.
Once you finish the "My Info" interview, the program will suggest a filing status, and the one it suggests should be Head Of Household.
You should not need to enter the Social Security Number for your child a second time.
It sounds like perhaps you jumped ahead to or missed a section. Please review the "My Info" section.
Also try changing your filing status to Single and then back to Head of household to see if that clears it.
As a last resort, clear and start over if you are not too far into it.
I had the EXACT same issue as described above. I followed the advice given, and it worked! Thank you!
-Lisa
I have one legal dependent child and it appears okay in Federal return on for 1040, but in California information worksheet shows duplicate entries, and I don't know how to delete one.
You will not be able to delete your dependent from the CA return.
Use a browser and clear browsing data before signing on to TurboTax.
You will need to delete the dependent informationr and then add it back again
Delete the dependent:
Delete the CA return and then add it back again:
I’m getting a fix issue of “the social security number dependent is a duplicate” in the personal section it’s correct but the California worksheet the dependent appears to be twice which is a duplicate, please help me thanks
Clear cache and cookies. Sign out of the program and sign back in again. then the the encircle ! for any errors messages that appear on the bottom of the form that should be corrected. Many times, correcting errors can eradicate other issues not relating to that particular error. If that doesn't work, then go through the steps as @MaryM428 outloned earlier. Finally, if the duplicate entries appear only on the worksheet and not on the actual form 540 itself, then simply delete the worksheet, as it
is only for informational purposes only. If you will see on top, it should say "Keep for your records." To delete the form, there should be a box on the bottom of the forms that give you that option.