E file signature

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March 1, 2023
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My husband is trying to efile for his deceased parents. He is at the signature page and it’s only bringing up the signature info for his dad and not his mom. So when it goes to the review your federal filing choices it has signature e-filing pin or date of birth needed is in red. If he clicks on edit it just takes him back to the signature page which only has his dads info. I’m thinking that’s the issue since it didn’t ask for a signature for his mom? It won’t let him go any further. Any suggestions?

sgrigsby

Level 2

Your husband is signing the return, not his parents, so only one signature is needed. Make sure that a date of death was entered for each of the parents, assuming they both died in 2022. If one died in an earlier year, then their name should not be on the return at all. Hope this helps.

Diane0811Author

Level 2

Thanks so even though it has his dads first name on the signature page and filled in his birthdate should he enter his own info instead?

sgrigsby

Level 2

Since you are efiling, it is fine for the return signature info to match the return. The TurboTax default info is fine. To be sure everything is entered correctly, look at a .pdf or printout of page 1 of the Form 1040. At the very top, it should show a notation "DECEASED . . ." followed by each parent's name and date of death. If that is correct, then simply follow the TurboTax defaults through the signature section.

lschlitz

Level 2

I am having the same problem with my parents return. They both passed away last year and I can get past this screen that wants the pin, date of birth and date. How did you get this fixed. I am at a standstill and want to get the return filed. It has taken me hours to get this far only to get snubbed.

Diane0811Author

Level 2

I went into those worksheets mentioned manually and was able to see what was missing. Already received the federal refund but state is being “manually reviewed”.