For any others who may run into this...
I use the IRS "Free File Fillable Forms" to file my taxes. My e-file was rejected with a code 1279 on Form 8936.
I looked and looked and it all seemed right to me. After about 20 minutes on the phone with a very nice IRS person, we figured out that the form actually has 3 different fields on line 1 (stacked on top of each other) for each vehicle.
So 2011 (or 2012) goes in the first field. Chevrolet goes in the next one. Volt goes in the third one.
(I had put "2011 Chevrolet Volt" all in what I thought was the single field on line 1.)
I use the IRS "Free File Fillable Forms" to file my taxes. My e-file was rejected with a code 1279 on Form 8936.
I looked and looked and it all seemed right to me. After about 20 minutes on the phone with a very nice IRS person, we figured out that the form actually has 3 different fields on line 1 (stacked on top of each other) for each vehicle.
So 2011 (or 2012) goes in the first field. Chevrolet goes in the next one. Volt goes in the third one.
(I had put "2011 Chevrolet Volt" all in what I thought was the single field on line 1.)