<prompt> Human: Edit: To clarify, there is no one else that should have my sons SSN or other personal info. The other parent is not in the picture and my own parents have never claimed my child nor do they have access to any of his info.Sorry for the long post guys, my head is still spinning...So I filed taxes for the first time in two years today previously unemployed and went to HR block at the recommendation of a family member. Im self-employed so the tax preparer did what seemed to be a fairly straight forward Schedule C. My federal refund came out to 1001 and I owed 353 in state taxes, so I was coming out better than I had anticipated. Then, as we were wrapping up, I was told that my HR Block fees were 567.95 - yikes! Still, I was coming out a little ahead and took that as a hard lesson learned that I should be better prepared to do my own taxes next year or at least take advantage of other resources that wouldnt take such a huge chunk of my return.A couple of hours later I get a phone call from HR Block to inform me that my refund was rejected because someone else has already claimed my son for the EICChild credit. The lady who had prepared my taxes told me that I needed to bring in some documentation proving I was the sole caretaker of my son she suggested social security card and daycare statements and shed give me a letter to send to the IRS along with them. She warned me that my refund would take a very long time to come through and that I needed to go ahead and bring her fee this week when I come from the letter. Right now Im panicking and dont even know where to start.. Im just getting back on my feet and as the sole provider of my kid I dont really have a spare 600 laying around. I guess I have three questions:Is there anyway to get out of paying the HR Block fee at this point? Im thinking the answer is no. Im going through the paperwork and looking to see if Ive signed anything stating that I owe them even if my refund is rejected. I havent seen anything stating that yet, but Im sure theres something along those lines in the fine print. Do I have any options other than trying to negotiate for a reduced fee?What do I need to prove that Im the sole provider for my son? Any specific documents that would be of help? Is there anything I can do to speed up this process? Can I keep this from happening again? Im really curious about how my sons information was found in the first place... his father has never been in the picture and has no knowledge or access to any of our personal info.How worried to I need to be about my sons financial identity being used in other fraudulent ways? As soon as I post this Im going to pull his credit reports and look for anything suspicious hes four, so they should be totally blank right? and Im considering putting a freeze on them. Are there any other steps I should take to protect his identity?tl;dr Someone has claimed my son as a dependent on their taxes so HR Block is asking for their filing fees upfront - which I dont have. How do I prove that my son is my dependent, protect his identity and wiggle my way out of the outrageous fees HR Block wants?  <response>: Dont ever go back to HH again.600? EFF that. The tax return has already been prepared and filed, the irs saw it and said NO, this child has already been claimed...What happened is someone committed fraud, and unfortunately the burden of proof is on you. AT LEAST THE TAX RETURN is turned in.Contact the IRS directly 1 800-829-1040 explain this situation and ask them what you need to provideto prove what youre saying is true daycare, SS card. DO NOT SEND original documents, SEND PHOTOCOPIES. Make sure with IRS that your refund will come to your address directly instead of HH.Also, it might be more difficult if it is, say the father, who is claiming the child, as opposed to a anonymous offenderfraud. it might turn into a he said she said type of thing.PM me if you have any other ?s 