E-Filing

Ive got an super easy one coming in today, still think I'll hold it until Wed or Thurs just to let the traffic jam clear

I got a couple of super easy returns done over the weekend.  Even if I got client signatures today, I'm not transmitting anything until tomorrow.  When you combine the forces of Intuit with the IRS, it is way to scary to join the masses of "hurry up and file" ----------------- too many potential nightmares for me to handle.

But on the flip side, I am disappointed with this place today.  Normally there are posts from 1 minute after  midnight wondering why they can't e-file followed up by the next wave of "has anybody received any acknowledgements yet?"  I always enjoyed the annual kickoff to tax season with those preparers ready to jump off the roof of their office building before tax season has really started 😁

I braved the crowd and sent off three 2021 tax returns that I had been holding during the annual shutdown. 

All went well except for one reject that was a new one for me.  Taxpayer passed away in 2021 and the surviving spouse was still having a hard time pulling things together, hence the late filing.  The federal return rejected because the primary SSN was locked by Social Security Admin because it belongs to a deceased person.  Yes, that's why it says Deceased on the top of the 1040.

Anybody else ever gotten this one?

EDIT:  I just caught one of the IRS taxpayer service folks - my next door neighbor - and they confirmed that they have been locking deceased taxpayers SSN's due to the ever increasing volume of fraudulent returns they are receiving, especially with the Covid relief programs AND that it is likely due to the late filing that this is the first time I've encountered it.