I efiled my return on april 16th but was rejected because I claimed my daughter who stayed with me for six months and then went to stay with her mom. We both agreed to claim the child for six months each. which was what she did too, but sent her return in earlier than me. So mine was rejected on the grounds that she had already claimed her. I was then given upto april 27 tocorrect or send in explanation.She then gave me a copy of her tax documents which I posted back to both federal and state but I havent heard from them til this present day. Should I contact them or wait to hear from them. If they do not accept it this time do I have another chance of filling ?
2007-05-16 06:21:22 · 7 answers · asked by hahol 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Contact them even if they only give you a basic answer you will know if your refund is being processed or not
If you are getting a refund simply go to irs.gov and click on where's my refund follow the directions and at the end if there is a problem with your refund it will give you a less generalized phone number to call and reference number
HOPE THIS HELPS
2007-05-16 06:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by reciprocityabound 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040. Helpful Hint: When you call the number press 1 for Engilish and then don't press anything. Don't follow the prompts. If you'll hold the line a human being, an IRS rep. will answer the line. Ask the rep. to look up your tax account and find out what the status is. They'll tell you.
FYI: Child must have lived w/ you 6 mos and one day, meaning MORE than 6 mo out of a year. Only ONE person can answer yes to that question. Upon Tiebreaker, the parent who can answer yes to that question wins, if both can answer yes, the claim goes to the parent who has the highest AGI (usually meaning makes the most money)
If the claim is found against you for the child, you can still file your taxes, you'll just have to fix the 1040 again and not claim the child & refile.
Good Luck!
2007-05-20 22:06:05 · answer #2 · answered by lade40free 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is why I have an accountant do my taxes. I am not really up on tax code, but I am pretty sure that you can't do that. I believe that if you claim a child, you have to claim them for the whole year. If you have a child born on December 31, 2006 you get the tax credit for ALL of 2006- not just one day. If your child is born on Jan 1, 2007 you get a tax credit for all of 2007. It just makes sense that they will only allow on of you to claim your child.
The better option would be for you to claim her one year, and then the ex claim her the next year, and you just keep trading off years.
2007-05-16 13:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The explanation you sent was not acceptable. As others have explained, you cannot do what you proposed, splitting the dependency exemption. There is no point calling them or writing them another letter.
Since the mother's tax return was accepted, yours was rejected and you have not filed your tax return.
You need to file your return, removing the child as a dependent. You do not amend your original return, you do another return and submit it.
It could be e-filed if you wish. It's that simple.
2007-05-16 18:42:24 · answer #4 · answered by ninasgramma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not possible to claim a child for a partial year, so telling the IRS that's what you intended isn't going to change anything, that's not allowed.
If your daughter was with one of you even one day more than with the other, that would be the parent entitled to the exemption. Only ONE of you is allowed to take it. There aren't any "halves". So if she was with you MORE than half the year, then that's what you need to tell the IRS (or actually, needed to tell them by 4/27). If she wasn't, then you need to amend your return dropping the claim to her exemption.
Call them and ask what to do from here.
2007-05-16 13:53:44 · answer #5 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They are working on quadzillions of pieces of paper on a daily basis and it may take them six to eight weeks to get back to you. Go to IRS.GOV and query "where's my refund" or call toll free at 1-800-829-4477 and try to find out. Don't stress out over it though, they have a lot of returns to work on.
2007-05-16 13:57:06 · answer #6 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you need to get back on line and write another letter nag, nag, nag, they have no problem taking our tax dollars not to mention come next year you don't need them saying you owe uncle sam!! if you get no way on the computer i'd stat calling by phone, get last names the date you called the time you called, always get the spelling as to whom you are speaking with good luck,
2007-05-16 13:28:08 · answer #7 · answered by sharon a 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋