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I have already mailed my taxes in. I started a new form and I can’t find my old form on my computer. What should I do?

I started a new tax 1040 and I can’t find my form that I mailed to the IRS.
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I have already mailed my taxes in. I started a new form and I can’t find my old form on my computer. What should I do?

The 1040X is not yet available--and you have to wait until your first tax return has been fully processed.


 You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox

If you left out a W-2, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is pending.  The changes will go nowhere.

Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return. 

 If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and mail it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X. You cannot e-file an amended return.  They have to be mailed, and it takes at least 2-4 months for the IRS to process an amended return.  Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed


**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

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I have already mailed my taxes in. I started a new form and I can’t find my old form on my computer. What should I do?

You started a new return for whom?  Yourself?  Or someone else?  What are you trying to do?
**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

I have already mailed my taxes in. I started a new form and I can’t find my old form on my computer. What should I do?

You started a new return for whom?  Yourself?  Or someone else?  What are you trying to do?
I panicked when I knew what I did. I started a whole new 1040 form trying to fix the old form. The new form is on my computed but not the old form.

I have already mailed my taxes in. I started a new form and I can’t find my old form on my computer. What should I do?

I know now that I should have started an amended form but how do I do that now?

I have already mailed my taxes in. I started a new form and I can’t find my old form on my computer. What should I do?

How do I file my taxes with Turbo Tax, I don't think I have ever filed them with you?

I have already mailed my taxes in. I started a new form and I can’t find my old form on my computer. What should I do?

What have you done so far?  Where and how did you file that first tax return?
**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

I have already mailed my taxes in. I started a new form and I can’t find my old form on my computer. What should I do?

The 1040X is not yet available--and you have to wait until your first tax return has been fully processed.


 You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox

If you left out a W-2, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is pending.  The changes will go nowhere.

Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return. 

 If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and mail it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X. You cannot e-file an amended return.  They have to be mailed, and it takes at least 2-4 months for the IRS to process an amended return.  Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed


**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
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