Contact the IRS with the client and the dependent.  Someone DID get an IPPIN for the dependent.

Dusty

Its possible that IRS issued an IPPIN to the dependent, someone may have tried to submit a false return in their SSN at some point in the past.....assuming your client IS the custodial parent and isnt trying to claim the kid fraudulently.

You cant bypass it though, thats the purpose behind an IPPIN, to keep a return from being EFiled without the number.