Common Errors and How to Prevent Them

Help us process your tax return quickly and accurately. When we find an error, it requires us to stop to verify the information on the tax return, which slows processing. The most common errors consist of:

Claiming the wrong amount of estimated tax payments.

Claiming the wrong amount of standard deduction or itemized deductions.

Claiming a dependent already claimed on another return.

The amount of refund or payments made on an original return does not match our records when amending your tax return.

Claiming the wrong amount of withholding by incorrectly totaling or transferring the amounts from your federal Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement.

Claiming the wrong amount of real estate withholding.

Claiming the wrong amount of exemption credits.