Janitor Bob Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Dependent client's only income in 2020 was 2,646 UC....$252 Fed tax withheld. E-file rejects (F1040-071-05). Does it need to be paper filed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Yes, or you need to show $ 252 of Income in addition to the UC in order for it to efile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Add in $1 of interest income, and see if that works. I run into this all the time with foreign-dwelling clients 100% of whose income is excluded with FEC. If there is no taxable income (before deductions) you cannot e-file. Add in that $1 of bank interest, not excluded under FEC - and bingo you can e-file. Very important tactic, especially for those clients living in countries where the mail service is nearly guaranteed to be pathetic at best. (Australia, most of South America, central/eastern Europe, some Asian countries - send a tax return in from there, by mail, and it's nearly 100% guaranteed never to arrive.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 In this case $ 1 will not be enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janitor Bob Posted April 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 I simply decreased the UC credit on Sch 1 to get to a zero (non-negative) income.....then sucessfully e-filed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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