Federal 2010: Dependent Care Credit - not Joint Return
Updated: 3/20/2013
Article ID: SLN45756
Certain customers, who filed a return with a status other than Married Filing Joint and have dependent care expenses, may have an incorrect tax return.
TurboTax has fixed this issue.
How to tell if you are impacted:
You may be affected if ALL of the following are true:
- You filed your federal tax return prior to February 17, 2011, AND
- You did not file a Married Filing Joint return AND
- You have at least one dependent with dependent care expenses AND
- You entered some or all of your dependent care expenses directly on your Personal Information Worksheet in Part IV (through the Forms view)
If you are affected, you may have underpaid your federal tax. You will need to amend your federal tax return.
If you need to contact us, please use the phone number in the email from TurboTax and tell the representative you’re calling about the Federal: Dependent Care Credit - not Joint Return.
Solution
Let us do the work for you. We highly recommend this.
- Please download and print this Authorization Form.
- Complete the form and fax it to us at the number printed at the top of the form.
- Note: After we receive your completed authorization form, please allow up to 15 days to amend your return.
- You can print, sign and mail the corrected return to the IRS.
Or you can make the corrections yourself. However, the amend process can be complex.
- To do it yourself, please follow these step-by-step instructions.
- Amending your federal return
- Amending your state return
- After you make the changes to your tax return, you will need to mail a copy of
- Your federal return to the IRS and
- Your state return to the state tax authority, if your state return is affected
- Your printed returns will include instructions on how and where to mail them.
- If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the TurboTax email.
