Client received letter from IRS requesting a couple of forms that were missing. Schedule C & SE. The return was EF'd and these forms were in the original return. How would they go astray?
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If, when you did a "print return" (NOT form!) preview of the final tax return, those two forms were present then you need to have a talk with your software provider. . . .Originally posted by zeros View Post
Were there entries on both lines 12 and 56 of the efiled Form 1040 ?
Otherwise, the likely culprit is Form 1099-MISC stuff went to the wrong place, or all of the necessary information for Sch C was not entered (generating a blank, unfiled form), etc.
And never overlook the fact that the IRS just messed up.
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If all they are asking for is the C and SE fax it to the number on the letter and be done with it. Maybe, for whatever reason, it efiled and was not readable. Or call and ask why they need it.Believe nothing you have not personally researched and verified.Comment
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fax the two forms to the number on the letter or call and ask for the reason they are requesting it. Maybe there was a problem with their computer converting it to a transcript form.Believe nothing you have not personally researched and verified.Comment
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Grasping for straws
I would think it highly unlikely that the IRS, which receives millions of efiled tax returns, would not be able to "read" or "convert" a data file properly sent to them (and receipt acknowledged) by an approved software provider.
And if the IRS has had time to send a printed letter through the US mail, that indicates the "problem" occurred some time in the past.
It almost sounds as if the underlying problem might be with some Form 1099-MISC income (from a different tax year?) that ended up on line 21 of Form 1040 in lieu of being shown on Sch C/SE.
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What type of letter? CP2000? Or something else?Comment
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