TurboTax 2022 (Desktop version, Deluxe, for Mac) is giving conflicting information about how to submit an amended federal return 1040-X for 2022.
On the page titled “Nicely Done!”, it says the federal return must be printed and mailed, but the state return may be E-filed. And it says I can expect my refund by check in 8-20 weeks.
However, TurboTax lets me continue to “File a Return”, where it asks if I want to E-file or File by Mail. I can choose E-file, then select the federal return, e-sign it, and click Continue, where it will eventually allow me to Transmit Return Now. And it even says I can expect the return to be accepted in a few days.
I have not transmitted yet, because I am skeptical that it will work.
I looked at the online Help, and it says that Amended 2022 federal returns may be submitted electronically, but amendments of older returns must be mailed. So the Help seems to agree with what TurboTax allows me to do, but not with the original message on the “Nicely Done!” page, which says the amended 2022 federal return must be printed and mailed. And if I go back to the “Nicely Done!” page, it still tells me the return must be printed and mailed!
I would really like to E-file my 2022 amended federal return. Can I get clarification that this will work before I try it? I am reluctant to try, because of the original message that told me it had to be printed and mailed.
Also, is is possible that this will be fixed in a TurboTax update, so the instructions on the two pages agree? One of those two pages is definitely wrong, so I view this as a product defect.
