Last Thursday, I accidentally mailed my amended federal tax return without my signature on it to the IRS. Then, yesterday, I ended up sending another copy of the same tax return with my signature on it. Am I still going to get a letter from the IRS asking for my signature or something?
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Eventually you might get a letter asking for your signature. Right now they are not opening mailed returns. Mailed returns are sitting in trailers. So now you have mailed the same thing several times. What they do will depend on which one they open first.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/20/politics/irs-mail-trailers-covid/index.html
The IRS is not working on mailed returns now---and an amended return can only be filed by mailing it in. Under normal circumstances you would be able to see something about your mailed in Form 1040X after about three weeks, but that is not the case right now. The usual 4 months for processing an amended return is going to take longer. Sorry.
MAILED RETURNS
Per the IRS website IRS Operations During COVID-19: Mission-critical functions continue: The IRS is not currently able to process individual paper tax returns. If you already have filed via paper but it has not yet been processed, do not file a second tax return or write to the IRS to inquire about the status of your return or your economic impact payment. Paper returns will be processed once processing centers are able to reopen.
If you mail a tax return (or a payment) to the IRS, it is a good idea to use a mailing service that will track it like UPS or certified mail so you will know it was received.
TurboTax will not know anything about your amended return, and nor will TT know that you put your 1040X in an envelope and took it to a mailbox. TurboTax does not get updates on mailed (or e-filed) returns.
When the IRS finally opens its mail and begins to process mailed returns you can check the status on the IRS site.
https://www.irs.gov/Filing/Individuals/Amended-Returns-(Form-1040-X)/Wheres-My-Amended-Return-1
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