Can I e-file my rejected return after my daughter amends her return to show as a dependent?

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February 21, 2025
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Originally my daughter filed her taxes and didn't mark off that someone can claim her. My return got rejected because of this. She amended her return so I can claim her. Can I re-e-file my return? if so, how long should I wait?

CatinaT1

No, you will not be able to efile. There is no way to get around the e-file system once your dependent has already filed and claimed themselves. Paper file with your dependent included on your return.

This article will give instruction on how to print and mail your return.

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jyz66626

Following up your above answer. If I efile my return without claiming my daughter as dependent now and wait for several months and amend my return to add my daughter as dependent and efile my amendment. Will that work?

Thanks in advance

DoninGA

Employee

No, you will not be able to e-file your tax return even when your daughter amends her tax return. The IRS has received a tax return with her Social Security number and not a dependent, it will not change in there e-filed database.

You will have to print and mail your tax return leaving your daughter as a dependent on the return. The IRS will pay any tax refund on your return, if applicable.

See this TurboTax support FAQ for how to print and mail a tax return when using the online editions - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/printers-printing/print-mail-return-turbotax-online/L5bwuqXGy_US_en_US?uid=m7eyou3w

ksabocsikAuthor

Do I need to attach a copy of her amended return with mine (for reference)?

DoninGA

Employee

@ksabocsik wrote:

Do I need to attach a copy of her amended return with mine (for reference)?

No, you do not attach a copy of her amended return to your tax return.

ksabocsikAuthor

Thank you for all of your help! Greatly appreciated!

AL04

I had the exact same issue this year and was able to refile via efile with IP pin from the IRS.
IRS describes this if you go to irs.gov and search:

Age, name or SSN rejects, errors, correction procedures

Dtrmdgurl55

This answer was very helpful. Thank you so much!!! Unfortunately searching that specific topic didn't bring anything up, but after digging I did find the article mentioned. Try searching for this "IR-2024-294, Nov. 21, 2024". For those (parents) who have dependents (adulting kiddos) who forgot to mark they are a dependent on someone else's return, who then (said parents) had their returns rejected when they claimed their dependents, you CAN refile e-file per the IRS (just starting for the 2024-2025 filing season, not previous years) and don't have to refile via a paper return. But as mentioned in above post you MUST go to IRS.gov and sign up for an account and get an IP PIN number and re-E-file using that pin (that took me maybe 30 minutes). IRS says they will accept the return. They say they will not accept any e-filed returns at all without the valid IP PIN. It doesn't matter how long you wait. I tried refiling several times and was rejected each time. Once I got the IP PIN, it was accepted.

Dtrmdgurl55

Try searching for this "IR-2024-294, Nov. 21, 2024". For those (parents) who have dependents (adulting kiddos) who forgot to mark they are a dependent on someone else's return, who then (said parents) had their returns rejected when they claimed their dependents, you CAN refile e-file per the IRS (just starting for the 2024-2025 filing season, not previous years) and don't have to refile via a paper return. But as mentioned in above post you MUST go to IRS.gov and sign up for an account and get an IP PIN number and re-E-file using that pin (that took me maybe 30 minutes). IRS says they will accept the return. They say they will not accept any e-filed returns at all without the valid IP PIN. It doesn't matter how long you wait. I tried refiling several times and was rejected each time. Once I got the IP PIN, it was accepted.