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New Member
posted Jan 25, 2020 4:21:46 PM

My son is my dependent . when I click yes on the question "do you have children's a dependent and I provide his name and birth date it keeps coming back invalid?

I have my son as my dependent . When I click Yes on the question "do you have children as a dependent and I provide his name and birth date it keeps coming back "INVALID

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Moderator
Jan 27, 2020 1:06:20 PM

Is it the name box that is giving the error? In that case, try deleting everything in that box, and retype the name without using any special characters (like . or / or &, etc…) or spaces at the start or end of the name.

 

If it’s the date that’s giving you problems, delete it, and retype it only using numbers. The format should be ddmmyyyy. Ex: 27122019

New Member
May 16, 2020 7:50:19 PM

I'm having the same issue, doesn't matter if I use / or not, it still says "the date doesn't look right. Please enter a valid date of birth" - this is very frustrating.

Level 15
May 20, 2020 4:41:16 PM

When entering the date of birth be sure to enter it as the day/month/year. 

 

You need to enter the slash in between.

New Member
Apr 3, 2022 10:51:39 AM

**bleep**ing frustrating🤣

Level 15
Apr 6, 2022 12:36:13 PM

When you enter the date of birth make sure that you enter it day/month/year.  If you child was born in 2022 you can't enter them on your 2021 tax return. 

 

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