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My wife filed 2019 taxes as married filing separately and inculed my info when filling. I tried filling out the non filer info on the IRS website and it was rejected with the reason that I my SSN was

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May 6, 2020
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If your spouse filed a Married Filing Separate return, then your name and Social Security number would be required to be included as part of the return. However, only the primary taxpayer (your spouse) would be considered to have filed a tax return.

If your spouse filed a Married Filing Joint return, then your Social Security number would be in the system as having filed a return.

Take a closer look at the rejection code to see if it says your Social Security number has been used as a primary or secondary taxpayer on a return. If so, that would indicate that a joint return was filed, not a separate return. If a joint return was filed, then your share of the stimulus payment will be made jointly with your spouse's.

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Thanks, this is the error I received from the IRS.

Here is your error(s):

Issue : Business Rule IND-511 - For the filing status selected in the return, the Primary SSN in the Return Header must not be the same as Spouse SSN on another return with filing status Married filing separately.

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If I recall correctly ... the registration program only allows SINGLE or Married Filing Jointly filing statuses ... so if the spouse has already filed MFS then for the stimulus registration process ONLY you are to use Single for the filing status. If you are still rejected using single then you will need to use the regular program to file a separate return.

Do you have any kind of income to report at all ? Do you only get SS benefits ?