Amended 2020 return asking to pay taxes due on original return

[tbudd]

I had opted for electronic payment of the taxes due in the original 2020 return while e-filing it using the Mac downloadable software. For what it's worth, the tax dues amount hasn't yet been debited from my bank account.

Subsequently, I realized that the software somehow failed to import the ESPP sale transactions from my brokerage firm and therefore chose to amend the return. However, there was NO resulting additional refund/dues ($0 refund/dues)

This is where all the confusion kicked in. On attempting to e-file the amended return, I got the following error

"FPYMT-089 - 'PaymentAmt' in the IRS Payment Record must not be more than 200% of 'OwedAmt'. If a value is not provided for 'OwedAmt', treat that value as zero."

I reattempted the e-filing of the amended return, but that failed too.

At that point I landed the discussion thread on this issue reported by others.

And by following what some had suggested, I e-filed the amended return using the "pay by check" option for $0 dues.

Now, comes the weirdest thing.

I got the following "Next step" instruction in the "returns accepted" email from turbotax.

This is very confusing, as my tax dues are supposed to be debited electronically from my bank per the original return e-filing I did. Any clues on what I should do now?

Next step

All that's left to do now is mail your payment to the IRS along with your payment voucher (Form 1040-V).

[CatinaT1]

Did you have an additional amount due with your amendment?

[tbudd]

Thanks @CatinaT1 !

No, I don't have additional taxes due with my amendment. The amount mentioned in the "Next steps" email is exactly the amount (22k+) I was supposed to pay along with the original return. To be precise this is showing up on the 1040-V voucher.

The 1040X form does show the dues/refund amount to be $0, as expected.

So, I guess it's the TT software somehow creating the confusion.

The good news, apparently, is that IRS has just debited this 22K (I checked my IRS account).

So, should I then just assume that everything is now good? 

[tkizoo]

I am having the same problem.  Were you ever able to figurethis out?

[tbudd]

I didn't quite do anything about that email, and am just waiting for the amendment to get processed by IRS. You can refer to some relevant discussion on this thread Re: Getting FPYMT-089 Rejection on amended return - Page 2 (intuit.com)

[chela1260]

I have the same question. The 1040X bounced as rejected and when reading comments I modified the payment instead of electronic to 'write a check' and now it's been accepted. The voucher does have the original amount that I owed and paid electronically and I owe nothing more on the 1040X. So guess I will wait at least a week to see if the IRS pulls the out the money. Don't want to pay double because they will never send it back! 😉 Wish me luck.