WHY DO DEAD DEPENDANTS COME BACK TO LIFE???????????????????????????????

[GlobalOne]

Client has a parent as a dependent in 2020. Parent dies in 2020. DOD is on the return (in dependent info). On 2021 return dependant is brought back to life (all dependent info transferred to 2021 EXCEPT THE DOD).   WHY??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

Common complaint here...it doesn't remove dead dependents.

[GlobalOne]

That is a HUGE problem. Really should have been fixed by now......

[BobKamman]

One keystroke to fix, or two?

[IRonMaN]

I think two.  It has to be at least three keystrokes for me to move an issue into the huge problem category.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

2

[abctax55]

32 question marks ./. 2 keystrokes ='s 16 clients with this issue.... just an observation.

[BobKamman]

Or maybe I should have asked about mouse clicks.

[IRonMaN]

Are there any mice around here to click these days?  I mean with Jim's cat Debit and his other cat Debit, we should be pretty much mouse free.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

[rcooley25]

Maybe the system thought he was Jesus Christ and would rise again after 3 days.

[BobKamman]

IS IT on the return?  Or just on the worksheet?  I just killed off one of my client's dependents, on 6/30/21, and nothing changes on Page 1 of the 1040. So what is the purpose of it being on the worksheet?  To keep it from being rolled over to next year, but then the programmers forgot why they put it there?  Or maybe something shows up in the Organizer. "Remember your son died the year before."