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If they are "missing" than how do they know how many???? :lol:

Thanks for your answers!!! I thought the HOH and EIC were correct, I just wanted to be sure before I talked to her. The other part was just something I was wondering about because of the situation and we actually haven't even discussed the possibility of claiming the exemption this year without his permission, which according to you she doesn't even need since she is the custodial parent in a written legal agreement and the child lives with her 8 mos of the year with more than enough proof. Thanks again and I'm sorry I got defensive, but it just wasn't a very nice thing to say because I would never do that. So truce okay. :lol:

Okay...time to clarify. First there is no written agreement between the couple, they were never married, and mother is custodial parent. Next, father makes a considerable amout of money each year and is being "nice" when he cannot benefit from the exemption and "allows" mother to take the exemption. This year is his year to claim the exemption and again may decide to be "nice" and "allow" mother to use the exemption if he decides to tell her before she files her return. Now back to the original question of can mother file HOH and take EIC without the exemption because she has a qualifying child? And if she claims the exemption on her return for child and he also claims the exemption will the IRS decide who is actually entitled to the exemption? I really don't see how those questions suggest my client violate the law or court order.

I would never suggest to anyone to violate the law and it offends me that you insinuate otherwise. What I was asking, was do the IRS tiebreaker rules apply for the dependancy exemption if the other parent is phased out because of income and also, because she provides the main home for the child that she can file HOH status and for EIC, without using the dependancy exemption and child tax credit. Wow...your pretty harsh there don't you think??

I have a question about qualifying child. My client has an agreement with x that he can claim child as a dependant every other year and this is not her year to claim the child as a dependant. Can she still use the child as a qualifying child for any other purposes such as Head of household, Child Tax Credit or EIC? Or is she stuck with single and no credits and misses out on the tax rebate in the summer? She provides half the support and child lives with her 8 mos of the year. Next question is if he is phased out (which he won't tell her if he is she just knows about how much income he has) can she still go for the exemption and let the IRS deal with it?? What do you think???

All returns are out of validated and are now accepted!!! Thanks to this community I didn't worry my head off knowing I wasn't the only one and probably did something wrong!!! :lol:

Is anyone having this problem with their state returns? I have one MN return e-filed on the 11th that was stuck in validated. So when I did a synch and re-created and transmitted it, it came up as rejected with error code 13....when I click on the error code I get "This Tax Wise website has encountered an error please contact customer service"? Tax Wise??? Anyway, I emailed customer support and re-created it and sent it again hopefully it will come out of validated status without having to do another synch.

I have the same error trying to connect to myatx.com. Server error timed out, it seems they are having server trouble now. I hope they get it fixed by Monday!!!

My MNPR returns are being rejection with code 536 transmitter is not authorized to transmit return type MNPR! I have notified ATX and the State of MN about the problem....doesn't this sound all too familiar??? ;)

I just tried to restore from a backup and go through the steps as required, I get to the point of clicking start - and then I get a pop up telling me how to restore from a backup!!! Which are the steps I just went through!!! What? Didn't ATX check this part of the program!!! Anyone else have this trouble? What good is a backup if the program won't restore it? :angry:

Did it work to delete the W2's and re-enter them??

I would think at this point any other software company is looking pretty good for next year :huh:

Yep me too same thing, still don't know what is causing the error or which W2 it is on!!!

I just got the same error code 997 transmitter not authorized to transmit M1!!!!! Yikes what the heck is going on with ATX!!!

I received this email update from the MN Dept of Revenue this afternoon regarding ATX Software: Their electronic filing side of the software has not passed testing yet. I have talked to them this morning and they still have some issues on their test cases. I am waiting for another requests for a review. Thanks, Justine Schindeldecker E-file Tax Preparer Help Desk Minnesota Department of Revenue Tax Operations - Electronic Information Voice: (651) 556-4818 or (651) 556-4774 Fax: (651) 556-5130 E-mail: [email protected]