Second return?

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I made a huge mistake. I completely forgot I worked at a job from Jan-Apr 2021 and filed my taxes for my current job. Then after I filed my tax return/form showed up in the mail and I was unable to file it. How can I file this other tax return? I've already received the refund for my first return.

xmasbaby0Answer

Level 15

You said above that your first return has already been filed and processed and that you have even received your refund. So now to add another W-2 or to make any sort of correction/addition to your 2021 tax return you have to prepare and file a Form 1040X----that is an amended return.

Going forward--next year wait for all of your tax documents and do not file your 2022 tax return until you have all of them to put on the same tax form.

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xmasbaby0

Level 15

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 on the corner. The IRS does not allow you to take it back.

If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, 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 e-file or 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.

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

The Form 1040X you need will not be available until mid-March.

LaggyBunnyAuthor

Level 2

I thought the 1040-x was only to amend returns that had already been accepted? When it becomes available do I just put the information from my other w-2 on it?

xmasbaby0

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Level 15

Going forward--next year wait for all of your tax documents and do not file your 2022 tax return until you have all of them to put on the same tax form.