Accepted! Filed on 3/27. This was certainly an interesting tax year. I’m glad it went through and we mostly were able to e-file! ... View more

Still pending since 3/27...I don’t know if there’s another way to check on it. ... View more

@jmcelmoyle @ng.jonathan @Tax-a-chusetts @raegrammturrell @Joseph.kerber anyone hear anything yet? I’m at about 48 hours yet and no word. I opened the program and checked file status this morning and it showed pending. ... View more

@jmcelmoyle did you get an acceptance email yet? I tried Monday and got rejected again. But maybe the update went through? ... View more

@drumdude96 here is a link to the instructions for Form 2441: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i2441.pdf">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i2441.pdf</a> You report your total qualifying expenses. It is further within the form where the determination of whether those expenses exceed your pretax DCAP would allow you, if you otherwise qualify, to claim a credit, where the numbers are figured out. You still have to report what you spent on a qualifying dependent to justify the use of the DCAP funds. ... View more

@drumdude96 @anon.js Sorry, Part 3, you’re right. I’m not home - out at work. Here’s the form on IRS website - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f2441.pdf">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f2441.pdf</a> Box C in Part 2 is qualified expenses you incurred and paid for your dependent you listed in Box A. How can there be nothing in Box C? If you didn’t actually use the DCAP money on qualifying expenses then it’s supposed to be taxed. ... View more

@drumdude96 what does it say in Form 2441 Part II Line 25 for the exemption? That’s where the known error is. It doesn’t have to do with box C or the credit. If you are MFS and set aside $2,500 for dependent care and properly use it for qualifying dependent care then you are exempt from tax on that $2,500 and you put the amount that is exempt from tax in Line 25. That is what the IRS is acknowledging is processing incorrectly. If Line 25 on your form says $0 then you just paid tax on money you shouldn’t have paid. MFS can be exempt regardless of whether they qualify for the credit. You are correct in that many MFS will not qualify for the credit, and the form is reflecting that accurately, but the XML coding is not programmed properly in the MeF system by the IRS. So, please let us know what Line 25 of Part II of Form 2441 says on your H&R Block Form. ... View more

I researched a bit on the link that was previously posted about this being a known IRS issue and it appears that it is a known IRS issue: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/known-issues-and-solutions">https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/known-issues-and-solutions</a> If you look at the known issues for 2018 you will see the issues that were occurring for MFS using form 2441 due to what amounts to a programming error in how to read the form when it is e-filed with the IRS.  You will also see that the solution was supposed to be pushed on March 17, 2019.   I did call TurboTax on March 18, 2019, and I was told wait a couple days because with it being Sunday sometimes it takes time to roll out the changes, however, when I researched more on the IRS website about the MeF system or Modernized eFile, I learned that it is apparently subject to a routine system maintenance every Sunday from 1:00AM to 7:00AM - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.marketingexpress.irs.gov/systems-status/system-status-mef/modernized-efile-mef-operational-status">https://www.marketingexpress.irs.gov/systems-status/system-status-mef/modernized-efile-mef-operational-status</a> So, maybe they were overzealous in their estimate that the fix would be out by March 17, 2019, and the fix is going to roll out this Sunday, March 24th? I suppose at this point we can only hope.  I think that TurboTax cannot tell us because the IRS has not issued any releases or updated their Known Issues spreadsheet with a new date for a solution to the coding error.   What I would not do is to delete the form.  The form is most certainly correct because so long as you are married filing separately, for what seems like the reason most are on this board, IDR plan calculations, and appropriately setting aside up to the $2,500 limit, claiming the dependent, and using the money toward dependent care, then that $2,500 is not taxable.  By not filing form 2441 you would likely be subject to tax on that $2,500 that you otherwise would not have to pay. Hopefully by March 24th after 7:00AM we can all e-File...... ... View more