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posted Mar 25, 2022 12:43:16 PM

Irs said I claimed a child as my dependent and that a social security number was not complete, that I made you much so they put my refund at 0.00 what do I do?

Irs zeroed out my refund said that I made too much that I claimed a child as a dependent that there were math errors which is impossible because turbo tax prepared my taxes I make less annually not more, I do qualify and I didn't claim a child, now they want my was to see what I filed, I think someone tried filing under my name, can you help me

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Mar 25, 2022 12:57:44 PM

That is a generic message you get from the IRS when they reduce your refund.  No one filed a return and said you have a child.  The "math error" is the part that most likely pertains to you---the IRS uses "math error" to refer to lots of various kinds of mistakes.   You may have made a mistake with the 3rd EIP payment.  That has been very common this year.   

 

LOTS of people have made mistakes this year with the recovery rebate credit by "forgetting" that they received the $1400 per person stimulus checks last year.  They answered no to the questions for the  recovery recovery rebate credit and put the $1400 per person on line 30 of their returns.  But you cannot get it twice, so the IRS removes it when it is there by mistake.

 

 

 

Try checking your online account with the IRS

 

https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account

 

Does the IRS show that you received a $1400 stimulus or EIP check in 2021?   Did you receive it?   When you were asked on your tax return did you say no?   Was there $1400 on line 30 of your tax return?

 

If the IRS says you got $1400 last year but you did not receive it you can have it traced.

 

LOST THIRD STIMULUS CHECK

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/questions-and-answers-about-the-third-economic-impact-payment-topic-j-payment-issued-but-lost-stolen-destroyed-or-not-received