Tax Situation - Any Experts? (1 Viewer)

[Keerock]

My 22 year old son is in college.  Decided he wanted to be an "adult" and file his own taxes this year.  I tell him "Great!  TurboTax online is free and easy... Go ahead and put everything in and I'll look it over for you before you file"

The next day he tells me he's already filed... and, of course, he didn't indicate that he could be claimed as a dependent on my return. Filed an amended return to make the change. 

Now, because his amended return won't be processed by the IRS for up to 12 weeks, my e-filed return got rejected because of his error.

My question is... how much do I open myself up for scrutiny if I file without him as a dependent, and then file an amendment adding him?

 

[Bucky86]

Punch him in the face and sleep with his mom

 

[Keerock]

Punch him in the face and sleep with his mom

Done and done.

 

[shadrap]

My 22 year old son is in college.  Decided he wanted to be an "adult" and file his own taxes this year.  I tell him "Great!  TurboTax online is free and easy... Go ahead and put everything in and I'll look it over for you before you file"

The next day he tells me he's already filed... and, of course, he didn't indicate that he could be claimed as a dependent on my return. Filed an amended return to make the change. 

Now, because his amended return won't be processed by the IRS for up to 12 weeks, my e-filed return got rejected because of his error.

My question is... how much do I open myself up for scrutiny if I file without him as a dependent, and then file an amendment adding him?

Most likely no additional scrutiny.  It's not an item the IRS can really scrutinize.  You either have a dependent or you don't.

 

[Keerock]

My 22 year old son is in college.  Decided he wanted to be an "adult" and file his own taxes this year.  I tell him "Great!  TurboTax online is free and easy... Go ahead and put everything in and I'll look it over for you before you file"

The next day he tells me he's already filed... and, of course, he didn't indicate that he could be claimed as a dependent on my return. Filed an amended return to make the change. 

Now, because his amended return won't be processed by the IRS for up to 12 weeks, my e-filed return got rejected because of his error.

My question is... how much do I open myself up for scrutiny if I file without him as a dependent, and then file an amendment adding him?

Most likely no additional scrutiny.  It's not an item the IRS can really scrutinize.  You eithe

Cool... hope you be right...

Thanks!

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Done and done.

Punch your wife too. Just because.

Oh and my kid did this a couple of years ago and we didn't learn about it for months.  I wish I could tell you how we fixed it but my wife took care of it.   But like someone pointed out above, it wasn't a huge deal.