To get back into your return, please see the instructions below on how to get back into your return to make changes:
1. In TurboTax Online, sign into your account.
2. Select Tax Home in the left menu.
3. Scroll down to Your tax returns & documents.
4. Select 2018, and then select Add a State (you're not actually adding a state, this just gets you into the right menu).
I'm afraid I still don't know what to do next. Turbotax really wants me to amend but I don't want to fill out an amendment--the IRS will be confused because I never actually mailed anything in, so to send an amendment wouldn't make sense. I'm afraid this is an intractable problem with the free version of turbotax online...though I guess it's my fault for trying to print my returns before I was ready.
If you selected print and mail and need to make a change, you do not want to amend. The program thinks you have filed so to get around this and get back into your tax return to make a change you would follow the instructions above. This just gets you back into your return so you can make any necessary changes.
Right. I appreciate your help. But after I "get back into" my return, it never lets me edit or clear the two returns (federal and state) that it believes I already mailed. It only allows me to edit the one I added in step 4 above. I don't think there is a way to do the thing I want to do--it's my mistake. I will just have to do things another way.
Your welcome, you mentioned deleting a form. Please see this also in case it helps you - How do I view and delete forms in TurboTax Online? <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3288508">https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3288508</a>