After Filing: Track, Payment, Penalties

After you file

How Do I Amend My Taxes? Form 1040X & State Amendments

The two most common reasons to amend your tax return are that you realized you made a mistake or you received a new tax form after you filed. Other common reasons are using the wrong filing status or claiming/not claiming a dependent. Whatever your r... read more

Tax Penalties: How to Prevent or Abate Them!

You think you’re doing great - taxes withheld from every paycheck or quarterly estimates have been paid timely - and suddenly you see a tax penalty. It can happen to even the most conscientious of people. Life happens and some of those life “happenin... read more

All About Tax Audits!

Getting a “love letter” from the IRS can send shivers up your spine. But it’s rarely as bad as we think it is and nothing to fear (unless you’re a criminal, which you aren’t). Most of the time, those IRS letters and notices are only requesting a litt... read more

Stay on Track: W-4s, Quarterly Estimates, & more!

Want a bigger tax refund? With proper planning, tax withholding, or estimated tax payments you have greater control over the amount of tax refund you'll receive, or how much you will owe at tax time. Of course your income, deductions and tax credits ... read more

All About Your Refund: Tracking, Tips, & More!

Did you receive your refund yet? If not, you’re not alone. According to the IRS, your federal refund generally takes around 21 days to get to your bank account. But that’s only if all is good on your tax return -and there are no questions from our fr... read more

Missing file

After I e-filed my federal and state returns, they went through in Turbo Tax software on my Mac and then it froze. So I had to restart it and then my file went missing. How can I recover it?

IRS says don't have my return on file

On the IRS website I am seeing the message "Your 2024 Tax Return Is Not Processed" on 10/15/2025. I filed my tax return with TurboTax on 1/31/2025 and the return was marked as "accepted" same day. I owed money and that money was transferred from my a... read more

When there are major errors and old information that never matched fields you entered how do you correct it? I need access to the direct forms.

How to change bank accounts

My "Tax Home" screen contains clearly self-contradicting statements, and as a result I DO NOT know if my returns have been filed with the government.

1. "William, your 2024 return needs attention" - clicking "Fix my return" results in an infinite loop. 2. "Rejected 10/15/25" appears on the "status line" near top of screen. 3. I have three returns. Federal states "Pending 10/15/2025," State of WV s... read more