Can you amend your tax return twice? Already amended mine to add w2's and need to amend again. Have yet to receive any info on my first amended forms being accepted.

[TomK]

Yes, you can file a second amended tax return.  

You should wait until the first amendment is processed and accepted by the IRS before sending in the second one, just to make sure they are done in the proper order.  Use https://www.irs.gov/Filing/Individuals/Amended-Returns-(Form-1040-X)/Wheres-My-Amended-Return-1 to track the first amendment.

To complete the second amendment you will need to manipulate your return by deleting the Form 1040X, which will leave you with a 1040 "original" return that includes the changes from the first amended return. Then, you will start the amend process over again to put in the information needed for the second amendment. When you start the second amendment the balance or refund due should be $0.

[robertobach]

I tried this, but the refund monitor didn't reset to zero. In the first amended return, I got a refund of $360. I deleted the 1040X form from the first amended return as you suggest, and the refund monitor increased by $360. I saved the file and closed TurboTax. Then I reopened TurboTax, clicked the amend return button and selected the file I just saved. But the refund monitor didn't reset to zero. I went ahead and made the new changes. The refund monitor changed appropriately, but it was the total amount from the original return plus both amended returns, not the net amount from just the second amended return. The 1040X was blank. I would have to fill it in manually. TurboTax seems to understand it's an amended return, but the refund monitor doesn't reset to zero. Any suggestions?

[VolvoGirl]

You will probably need to enter all the prior refunds and/or tax due payments directly on the 1040X (and on state) using the Forms mode.  I had to enter both a tax due I paid on the first original return AND a refund from the 1st amended return.  

[ZpTax]

"When you start the second amendment the balance or refund due should be $0."

Where is the balance reflected? What form? New 1040X before a second amending data are input?  

[VolvoGirl]

Oh the zero would be at the top on the refund monitor.  Not on a form.  

[ZpTax]

Actually, as I realized, on the tax/refund monitoring display, it doesn't have to be titled as a Refund, but could be "..Tax Due" if your refund amount, after the first amendment, was less than the Tax Due. So, once form 1040-X is deleted the program reverses to the "...Tax Due", federal and/or state, calculated as the result of the first amendment. 

After that, I think, the process of the second amendment can be started.  Not sure, however, yet how form 1040-X will look like after that amendment is completed and the form is generated.  Will it produce the refund or Tax Due as a result of the second amendment or both of the amendments. 

[ZpTax]

Went through the process. 1040-X generated after the second amendment produced result combining both the amendments. Corrections/adjustments in the Original Amount column need to be made manually, if the first amendment had already been accepted by IRS, to reflect there the amounts displayed in the Correct Amount column of the first amendment. 

[Scott164]

The most reliable way to do this is to let the program delete the 1040X form for you:

1. Make a copy of the .tax20XX file that you used for your 1st amendment.
2. Rename it so it is obvious this copy of the file is for your 2nd amendment.
3. Open TurboTax by double-clicking on the application logo and NOT by double-clicking on the Tax file.
4. On the title screen select "I need to file an amendment".  It will ask you to open a tax file.
5. Open your 2nd amendment tax file.  It will ask you if the IRS accepted your 1st amendment.  Say Yes.
6. When you proceed it will tell you it needs to remove the 1040X from your 1st amendment.  Do it.
7. Follow the procedure for making an amendment.

Thanks to user jeking3 for this solution

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/how-do-i-do-a-second-amendment-gt/00/451...

[Backlaboy]

Can anyone help. Similar issue here.

1. I filed my 2024 with 2020 W2 (ouch). My refund was 11,508.00.
2. I amended my 2024 tax forms with TurboTax and now my refund is 8062.00. TurboTax incorrectly assumed I received the 11,508.00 refund so it asked me to send the difference of 3446.00 back to IRS.
3. After looking at the forms I realize my mistake. So now I am owed 8062.00+3446.00=11,508 from the IRS. How do I correct this mistake? Do I amend on TurboTax and manually edit the 1040x form? If yes, how do I manually edit the forms?

[Backlaboy]

How do you do Forms Mode?

[BillM223]

To be clear, you have already filed the return with the wrong W-2, but you have not yet received the 11,508.00 refund? Did you ask for it by direct deposit or by mail? Did you have any reason to think the IRS will not give you your refund?

If the IRS notices that you used the wrong W-2, they will write you a letter asking you to correct it.

However, as you will read everywhere in the Community, you should not amend your return until the IRS has finished processing your original return. For most taxpayers, that means 

• getting your refund or 
• seeing the direct debit taken your tax due out of your bank account. 

In your case, it's both of these situations plus getting a letter from the IRS explaining why you haven't gotten your refund.

Before filing your amended return, you should wait for one of the three situations I listed above to happen. Or else you risk further confusing your situation.

Forms mode

Forms mode is a feature of the CD/download TurboTax product (also called "desktop"). It allows you to see all the forms in real time, and to make overrides. However, overrides are often discouraged because they (1) often make it impossible to e-file, and (2) may invalidate the Tax Accuracy Guarantee.

If you have the desktop product on Windows, you can see Forms mode by clicking on Forms on the upper right. The desktop product on the Mac has the same feature, but how you enter it may vary.