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Notice code 129E (1040EZ) — We didn’t allow the negative entry of unemployment compensation reported on line 3 of your Form 1040…
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129E
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We didn’t allow the negative entry of unemployment compensation reported on line 3 of your Form 1040EZ. You can only reduce your unemployment compensation by the amount received and repaid in the same year. Note: If you have other itemized deductions in addition to unemployment compensation repayments, you may file Form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, and include them on Schedule A, Itemized Deductions, to reduce your tax. Repayments of unemployment compensation that you included as income in an earlier year can be claimed as an itemized deduction on line 23 of Schedule A, Itemized Deductions.
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