Reject Code IND-032-04 should we really enter $0 as AGI when that isn't accurate? Isn't that conveying a falsehood to the IRS?

[MorninRalph]

One of the suggested solutions says to enter $0 as last year's AGI, as a workaround to solve the problem of returns being rejected. Has anyone done this successfully, without getting in trouble for saying that they made $0 last year?

My 2022 return was printed and mailed. When I entered the AGI from that year, it was rejected, even though I verified the amount from my copy of the return and also verified with the IRS transcript.  I don't know why I'm getting rejected with the IRS clearly has the information (in transcript) and the amount was verified in two different ways.

Does anyone have experience with this scenario?

[John Dooley]

You should enter 0. This information is used to confirm your identity for efile. If you mailed your return last year, there is no comparable AGI in the IRS system. 

[ee-ea]

You are matching info with the IRS.  

Did you believe that the IRS is omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient ?

[mary-e-martinez3]

I’m in the same scenario. But I’m pretty sure my taxes were processed after Dec. 10, 2023 due to filing late but I have the same question.

[Cynthiad66]

If the return has not been processed yet then the AGI is still $0.  IRS will not allow the return to be processed with incorrect information, so no falsehood to the IRS.

@mary-e-martinez3