If you started amending your federal return by accident and would
like to cancel the amendment, carefully follow this process to correctly
"unamend" your federal return:
- Open your return in TurboTax Online.
- Click Review near the top of your screen and keep going until you reach the You're Done! Print and Mail Your Returns screen.
- Delete Form 1040X from your return:
- From the My Account dropdown in the upper right corner, select Tools.
- In the pop-up window, click Delete a form.
- On the Review Form List screen, click Delete next to Form 1040X, and then click Delete Selected Form on the next screen.
- Click Continue.
- Near the top of your screen, click Federal Taxes (or Personal in Home & Business) > Other Tax Situations > scroll down to Other Tax Forms > then click Start or Update next to Amend a Return.
- Click Continue on the following screen (We'll help you amend) and then answer No, I don't need to amend to the question Have you already filed this return? Click Continue.
- Answer Yes when asked if you want to delete the Amended Wks and/or Form 1040X. Your return has now been properly "unamended."