JPWhite said:
I used TurboTax for my 2011 tax year and got the full credit. It handled it back then without issues, the electronic filing was reject by the IRS 2-3 times due to some defect in how it was presented, so I printed it out and mailed in to get my refund.
JPWhite - Do you remember the details of what you had to fix when you mailed it out? I filed my 2013 return on Jan 31, 2014. It wasn't approved until today (Feb 24, 2014), however they did not approve the $7,500 portion. I called the 1-800 number with a reference number provided on the "where's my refund" IRS page and the phone rep basically told me what the same information that was available online, that it was rejected due to a Math error, but he didn't have the details available and I had to wait for the notice that was mailed today. I'm really hoping that notice has additional detail.
I used taxact to file online. I've double checked the math, values entered and I can't figure out what could possibly be wrong. They did approve the rest of the refund amount so I'm guessing it is something specific to the 8936 form.