I amended return and now have to mail it in. I am getting $258 less than original return, do I have to mail a check with amendment even if my return wasn't issued yet?

[enb4269]

When I first filed I was getting back 900. Then I realized I'd made a mistake in filing and amended my return before any money was issued to me. Now I have to mail in my amendment and my return is $650. Do I need to send a check for $250 with my amended return, even though I was never issued the $900?

[Anonymous]

Hi enb4269,

You should wait until your original return is fully processed before you send your amended one. Because you were due a refund, wait until your bank has processed the refund.

When you send in the amended return, return the amount of refund that was overpaid.

[enb4269]

I would but returns are due in the mail by tomorrow. I'm very confused as to what I'm supposed to mail in and what was accepted via turbo tax. I'm just going to mail what I was prompted to print. They know I haven't been issued any money yet so I don't want to send a check and confuse the matter further.

[Anonymous]

Since you've already filed your return, you've already met the filing deadline.  The best thing to do now, is wait for the return to be processed, and receive the 900.00 refund.  Once you receive the refund, you can send the amended form and the check for the difference without any penalties or late fees.  This would be the best thing to do, without confusing the whole process.

[enb4269]

When I open the returns I'm supposed to print and mail in from Turbo Tax, my 1040A says "do not file" "form not final". What does this mean? I filled everything out through Turbo Tax steps until it was finished