How to revert back to original return data after starting amending

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April 22, 2025
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I need to amend 2022 to just simply change accounting type for inventory and I accidentally deleted stuff like home office costs etc. and I don’t remember how exactly it was plugged into the TurboTax UI and I don’t want to amend after things are shifted around the wrong way. I have the premium plan and spoke to a bunch of people today and seemingly no one will help me take my 2022 return and plug it back into TurboTax UI to bring it back to exactly how it was. There is no reset, undo, or restore to default option. This is an absolute nightmare. The last thing I need is a bunch of pointless stuff shifted around on my amended return because I forgot how I entered it through TurboTax’s very specific UI. Any suggestions?

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fanfare

Level 15

Make a copy of your original tax return file and put it in a safe place before biginning AMEND.

Otherwise, it is a nightmare.

VolvoGirl

Level 15

Did you use the Online version? Do you have the Desktop program?

If you used the Online version for a prior year. To get back to the original return you need to download the .tax2022 file and install the Desktop program to open it. Then you can delete the amended return and take out the changes to put it back.

In the Desktop program all you have to do is go to Forms mode and delete the 1040X. Then take the changes out.

How to delete an Amended return in the Desktop program,

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/amending/help/how-do-i-cancel-or-undo-an-amended-return-in-the-turbotax-cd-download-software/00/26316

sept031989Author

Level 2

I used the online version. I was hoping someone had a trick that would work between online and desktop!

lonestarjacket

Level 3

I have a related problem with TurboTax Desktop version 2025.

I started an amended return and got a large owed tax before I even amended anything. Clearly, there is/was a bug somewhere.

Tech Support is just giving me "Can't reproduce on MY system", which is what a customer with a problem really wants to hear. /s

In the chance there was a bug that was corrected but is now baked into my return. How can I get back to my submitted return to start over. Just deleting the new information doesn't work because it was already wrong before I changed anything.

I have a copy of the submitted PDF file but no file of type of file type TurboTax 2025 other than the current. Is it captured or archived anywhere?

mesquitebean

Level 15

@lonestarjacket

See if the FAQ below helps any. For future reference, before amending a return it's recommended to make a backup copy of the original *.taxYYYY data file, name it with the word such as "original" in it to identify it, and save it somewhere safe and backed up. Then you always have an original copy to go back to, if needed.

FAQ: How do I cancel or undo an amended return in TurboTax Desktop?

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/cancel-undo-amended-return-turbotax-cd-download/L7glUWakU_US_en_US

mesquitebean

Level 15

@lonestarjacket wrote: "I started an amended return and got a large owed tax before I even amended anything. Clearly, there is/was a bug somewhere."

Other posts in the forum say not to pay attention to the refund meter/taxes owed when first starting an amended return, since it can sometimes do strange things when first amending, but that it should straighten out in the end. They suggest that it's best to occasionally look at the 1040-X in Forms Mode to have an idea of what is being changed.

Since you don't have a backup copy of the original tax data file, you may still wish to get back to the original return data file as filed, back up the original, then use a duplicate copy to re-try the amended return. That's assuming you can get back to the original "as filed" using the FAQ I provided above, which you may or may not be able to do.