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Returning Member
posted Aug 6, 2021 1:23:16 PM

Amending a Return

I open TT and click on amend a return.  According to the instructions online, TT should ask me which return I want to amend - but it doesn't.  How do I open the necessary return I need to amend?

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Level 15
Aug 6, 2021 1:26:17 PM

You can only file one return per tax year per online account ...  so if you log back into your 2020 return then you can only amend the 2020 return you filed in 2021.  So what do you mean "TT should ask me which return I want to amend"?

Returning Member
Aug 6, 2021 1:32:03 PM

I'm using a downloaded version which I purchased.  I filed 3 separate returns with it.  I need to amend one of them.  It's the premiere edition on the Mac platform

Returning Member
Aug 6, 2021 1:33:04 PM

I'm using a downloaded version which I purchased.  I filed 3 separate returns with it.  I need to amend one of them.  It's the premiere edition on the Mac platform

Level 15
Aug 6, 2021 1:40:41 PM
Returning Member
Aug 6, 2021 1:45:37 PM

Yep - Been thru all that.  Program still won't open the return.  Step 4 in the instructions says " Select the return you want to amend, and follow the instructions to make your changes". but a selection opportunity never occurs - it just moves into updating a return with no info in it yet.

Level 15
Aug 6, 2021 1:56:46 PM

@macuser_22 

 

Can you help ?

Level 15
Aug 6, 2021 2:18:10 PM

With TurboTax running, use the top menu bar "File -> Open Tax Return"  and locate and select the  .tax2020 file you want to open.

 

If you can't locate it then see:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-data-file/help/find-your-tax-data-file-in-mac/01/26206

 

 

Returning Member
Aug 6, 2021 4:30:55 PM

Called TT support.  As it turns out, the return in question was never finalized - as in I never checked the efile status (text messages confirmed receipt and acceptance - so why bother) and because of that the return never pulled up.  Once I completed that step - it showed up.  The devil is in the details

Level 15
Aug 6, 2021 4:37:30 PM

Yes ... if the program doesn't know you actually filed the return it will not let you amend it ... this is done to keep you from making a mistake you will regret.