Amend

[clar52]

I filed 2019 and 2018 at the same filing and it was accepted. However now IRS has my total amount earned all for 2019. What should I do to correct this?

[Texas Roger]

You can't include 2018 and 2019 information on the same tax return. The information for each year must be filed on a tax return for that specific year.  If the return you prepared was accepted by the IRS, you will now have to prepare, print, sign and mail an amended return form 1040X for your 2019 information. DO NOT change the return you filed until you start the amended return. Here is a link to help you: https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1894381-how-to-amend-change-or-correct-a-return-you-already-filed

Amended returns must be printed and mailed. You must do that yourself because TurboTax does not print and mail it for you. In normal times, it takes the IRS about 16 weeks to process an amended return.

For 2018, you will have to buy, download and install on your computer the 2018 program in order to use TurboTax. Here is a link to buy it: https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/

A 2018 return can no longer be efiled. It must be printed and mailed and you must do that yourself. Follow the filing instructions printed with your return for what to include and where to mail it. 

[JotikaT2]

It depends.

How did you report your income?  

Did you include your 2018 income amounts in your 2019 tax return?  

If so, you will need to amend your 2019 return to only include the items from 2019.

Amend return

You will then need to prepare a 2018 return to report your items from 2018.  

Below is a link with instructions on how to download the prior year tax return software.

How to prepare a prior year tax return

Both of these returns will need to be mailed in.  However, there will be a delay in processing the returns as the IRS is not processing paper returns at the moment due to Covid-19 and social distancing policies in effect.  

IRS operations

[Live 4 christ]

My son filed his taxes and only claimed himself.  He later did an amendment because he realized we usually claim him as a dependent, but we didn't this year.  With the COVID 19 his amendment is still being processed and he doesn't know how long that will take.   How does he fix this since we didn't claim him after all?

[dutchess01]

I did my taxes about 3 hours ago and i put in the wrong amount of federal taxes withheld. So I got a message at the need of filing saying I have to mail my Tax Return so I accepted to mail it in, but when I  realize the mistake I made and tried to go back and correct it turbo tax would not allow me to. So, should I file an amended with the correct information or what shall  I do i haven't mailed it off yet. 

[Critter]

@dutchess01 

Log back in and scroll down ... click on ADD A STATE to open the closed return ... then make the changes and complete the REVIEW and FILE tabs again.