Amendment expenses

[jyeh74]

When doing an amendment, why does adding business expense only add the state refund but not the federal refund?  But adding things like charitable contributions add to both refunds sections?

Do amendments flag audits because its manual ?

[JotikaT2]

Make sure you are entering your changes in the federal interview section of the program.  Any changes made in the federal interview section will flow into the state amended return.

This link provides guidance to make sure have started your amended return following the proper steps.

As for audits, that is determined by the taxing agencies and does vary from year to year.