If you are claimed as a dependent on someone else's return, you cannot claim dependents on your own return. If you have inadvertently answered you are being claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer's return, your dependents will not appear in Box 6c on page 1 of Form 1040.

To correct this, if necessary:

1. From within your TaxAct® return (Online or Desktop), click Federal. On smaller devices, click in the upper left-hand corner, then select Federal
2. Click Basic Information in the Federal Quick Q&A Topics menu to expand the category and then click Dependent on someone else's tax return
3. Uncheck the Yes, I can be claimed as a dependent checkbox if you cannot be claimed as a dependent on someone else's return

Any dependents already in the return should now be listed in Box 6c of IRS Form 1040.