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Filing old 'rejected' taxes - Federal and State

Hello - 

 

I have two old tax years (2018, 2019) that I had tried to file at the time they were due but both were rejected.  One, 2018?, was rejected due to my ex-wife claiming my son on her taxes (she lives out of state and has no right to do this (according to Federal Tax law).  So I have documentation that my son was with me 10 months of the year.  

 

Both tax returns are way over-due to be filed.  How do I go about that now without having to mail literally 100 pages per tax year.  My taxes are not overly complex and I have paid to file one of those two years.  

 

How do I go about filing these two tax years for Federal and State?

 

Thanks!

 

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Filing old 'rejected' taxes - Federal and State

The 2018 and 2019 tax returns can only be printed, signed, dated and mailed to the IRS, they cannot be e-filed using the TurboTax personal editions.

You only include the federal tax return Form 1040 and any associated forms and/or schedules which have an Attachment Sequence Number located in the upper right corner of the form and/or schedule.  You do NOT include any worksheets or informational pages with the filed tax return.

Filing old 'rejected' taxes - Federal and State

Unless you had an extension for your 2018 return, it is now too late for you to receive a tax refund for 2018 even if one is shown on the tax form.   That return should have been mailed before the April 2022 filing deadline in order to receive a refund for a 2018 return.    Get the 2019 return filed so that you are not too late for that one.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

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