Amending an accepted return - 1040X file

[laura_borealis]

When does the 1040X file get created by Ttax?

I am using the desk top download version of the software.

I am in my previously accepted 2023 1040 form and have clicked the "amend return" button (from "Other Tax Situations"), so the refund amount has been set to 0, which is correct. Does the 2023 1040X file get created only once I close out/save this new return? 

(While I'm still editing the accepted 1040 form the name displayed for the file is still the old name so I am reluctant to save it, afraid that it will wipe out the accepted file.)

Can I just choose to save it and then it will be newly named 1040X?

[fanfare · Accepted solution]

"afraid that it will wipe out the accepted file."

It will.

before clicking "amend return", make a copy of what you originally filed to a safe place.

@laura_borealis