Fed rejection

[TAX MAN 1]

When you get the Fed's rejection and correct the errors, but you fine more errors that was part of the rejection, can you retransmit.

[Koss]

Reject

Let's see if I understand your question...

Return was rejected from the IRS e-file system because of an inaccurate SSN, EIN, birthdate, or last name. Or something like that. I am assuming that it was not rejected for some arcane reason such as having more than 30 rental properties on Schedule E.

So now you have fixed, or cured, the reason for the reject. And while doing so, you have discovered "more errors that was part of the reject."

Do you mean that you found some other kind of mistake on the return, that would not have caused a reject, like, say, the taxpayer "forgot" about the stock that he sold back in February, 2013?

Or did you find another error that would have caused a reject, such as an error in the SSN of the third dependent, but it wasn't identified in the reject report? That sort of thing can happen, because if the SSN of the first dependent is no good, the IRS may reject the entire return without even verifying the SSN of the second or third dependent.

Regardless of what kind of errors you found in the rejected return, the answer is:

You can correct the errors and re-transmit the return. But as I'm sure you know, if the amount of the refund or balance due has changed, then you must get the client's signature on a revised Form 8879 before you re-transmit it.

I'm rambling here. I think your question is: This return was rejected. I fixed the reject, but found another problem. Can I fix that problem, too, or am I only allowed to make changes to fix the reason that it was rejected?

When a return is rejected, that it means it has not been filed. So you can make all the changes you want.

BMK