. I think I spent as much time troubleshooting rejected tax return filings as I did filling out the tax return.
After the first rejection, I rechecked all my numbers and thought perhaps it was a glitch in the system, so I resubmitted after finding nothing wrong. It was rejected again. Then I discovered the special table you refer to if you were born before 1961. I'd glossed over this before because I was on auto-pilot, I guess, and this is the first time I've been able to check off that box. I KNEW about the senior standard deduction but didn't realize this is where it's accounted for. I fixed it and redid my Qualified Dividends and Cap Gains Tax Worksheet. I filed a 3rd time. It was rejected again this morning. I was really stymied so I wrote to the IRS and was prepared to wait 2 days for their reply. After that, I discovered that the little chart I'd used to get my senior deduction was from 2024. I had just pulled it online. Embarrassing mistake. So this morning I refiled for the 4th time. I'm afraid to say I'm "confident" it will be accepted this time, but....
If it's accepted, I'll be getting a $1,039 refund vs the $760 I thought I was getting with the first tax return submission.
Good times!
Update: It was accepted. Hallelulah!
February 5th, 2026 at 04:45 am 1770266737
February 5th, 2026 at 03:31 pm 1770305465
Patient Saver, glad you got it accepted and an even bigger refund!
February 5th, 2026 at 10:34 pm 1770330884
February 6th, 2026 at 12:10 am 1770336616
Then I had my first W2 job as a college freshman and filed my own return, and to my great surprise, I found doing the return fun. My senior year of college, in addition to a W2 job, I had my own little business helping clinical psych grad students with their statistical analyses on their research and had to file Schedule C. But that there tells you about me--the kind of person who has a business helping the math phobic with their math needs is also the kind of person who finds taxes fun.
PS, glad you finally got the return accepted.