Return Marked Final Incorrectly

[geekgirldany]

Whew....

Well new client prepared their S-Corp return by himself last year. I got an Efile Reject back today R0000-900. I could not figure out why. Then I noticed on their 2011 1120S they marked it as the Final Return. Client said he made a mistake. It was not the final return.

So, do I need to do an Amended Return for 2011? I am so hoping that an amended would take care of it.

Long day, last minute S-Corps.

Thank you for any help
Dany

[JON]

So

2012 are you going to file as paper??? You still have a time deadline correct???

[appelman]

Can't resist sharing this.

Like Jon, I presume you are sending it in on paper, with a copy of the e-file rejection if you are past the deadline. Amending the 2011 should work. You can e-file that, too.

But I can't resist telling this story: Someone came to me once who had been doing his own partnership returns by hand and filing them on paper. He always marked them "final." He thought that meant that this was the final version, ready to file!

2012 are you going to file as paper??? You still have a time deadline correct???

[geekgirldany]

Well that is what this client thought also. Marking final meant it was the final return for 2012 only.

I had the client call the Business Line at the IRS this morning. Agent told him to mail the return in and the S-Corporation would be reactivated. So that is what I am going with.

[taxea]

If the only problem was that it was marked as final then send a copy of the return as filed with a letter explaining the error to the fax it to the IRS location that the return would have been mailed to or an amended return can be efiled after you remove the "final" checkbox. Either way an explanation is necessary.