When will 2020 Return be available on Turbo Tax to Amend?

[anourot]

When will 2020 Return be available on Turbo Tax to Amend?  My return was accepted.  I made an error with dependents and need to adjust.

[DoninGA]

If the return is accepted you will have to amend your original tax return. An amended return, Form 1040X, can only be printed and mailed to the IRS if the original tax return was not e-filed. The IRS will take up to 16 weeks or longer to process an amended tax return.

Before starting to amend the tax return, wait for the tax refund to be received or the taxes due to be paid and processed by the IRS.

See this TurboTax support FAQ on amending a tax return originally completed and filed using the 2020 TurboTax online editions - https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/amending/help/how-do-i-amend-my-turbotax-online-return/01/27577

The IRS Form 1040-X for amending a 2020 tax return is scheduled to be available on 03/25/2021 (subject to change)

[SteamTrain]

It is FARRRR to soon to amend.......if your first-filed tax return was accepted, you cannot stope the first one, and you must:

1)  wait for the original Refund, or pay the original Balance Due

and

2)  Wait for the 1040X form to become available...now scheduled for 25 MARCH....

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bookmark the Amend instructions, but when you can actually prepare and file them may have to wait several weeks:

 https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/amending/help/how-do-i-amend-my-return/01/27439

[nw3227]

FYI, the form 1040-X for filing an amended return is already available from the IRS. The hold-up is with TurboTax, which apparently doesn’t intend to make that functionality available until March 25 (and I’ll believe it when I see it).

[MaryM428]

Amend in TurboTax will be available in late March.  

You generally must file an amended return within three years of the date you filed the original return or within two years after the date you paid the tax, whichever is later.

@anourot

@nw3227

[raybear2050]

It's saying the IRS is making some changes and upgrading the form. IS there a new date of when it'll be available or Can people do it by mail?

[JeffreyR77]

When you're ready to amend, find your situation below and follow the instructions.

TurboTax Online

1. Sign in to TurboTax.
2. Scroll down to Your tax returns and documents, select 2020, then Amend (change) your return.
   1. If you only see the option to amend 2019 or earlier, it's because you can't amend an unfiled 2020 return. Instead, select Pick up where you left off so you can make any changes before you file.
3. Carefully follow the instructions. Don't worry if your refund changes to $0. This is normal for amended returns.

TurboTax CD/Download

1. Make sure you’ve mailed your original return and that you’ve either received your refund or the IRS has taken payment out of your account. (The IRS will only accept a 1040X, or amended return, if your original 1040 was accepted.)
2. Open TurboTax.
3. Select Amend a filed return.
4. Select the return you want to amend, and follow the instructions to make your changes.
5. Now, make an "amend" copy your return by selecting Save As (Mac: select Duplicate) from the File menu. This preserves the originally-filed return.
6. Name the copy to distinguish it from the original, like 2020 Amended Smith B Form 1040 Return.
7. You should now be working inside the copy you'll be amending. Inside your program, search for amend and then click the Jump to link.
8. Select Continue on the We'll help you change (amend) your return screen.
9. On the following screen, Did you already file your return? select Yes, I've already filed my return and then select I need to amend my 2020 return.
10. Select Continue and then carefully follow the instructions to amend.

Don't worry if your refund meter drops to 0; this is normal. Your calculations will come out correctly in the end.

Finish and file your amendment according to the instructions. You can e-file your 2020 amended federal tax return, but most states require amendments to be printed and filed by mail.

If e-filing, you’ll review and transmit your federal return. If not, we'll give you instructions to print and mail your amended return.

3 weeks after mailing your amended federal return, you can start tracking it at the IRS Where's My Amended Return? site.

Allow at least 16 weeks for the IRS to process your amended return.

Processing times for amended state returns vary from state to state. If it's been more than 12 weeks since you mailed your amended state return, and you haven't heard anything, we suggest you contact your state tax agency

[drfee1good420]

when will this be availbe on turbotax because its not there rightnow

[gloriah5200]

Here is a link to the TurboTax Expected Availability dates for federal forms.  You will need to open the link and select the TurboTax version you are using and then follow the link for the expected availability date:

TurboTax Expected Availability federal forms list

TurboTax Expected Availability State forms list

Most, if not all, versions of TurboTax do already contain the 1040X as an available form in te software.

If it is not showing, maybe you have not actually filed the return yet or it was rejected and can just be fixed and retransmitted instead of having to amend it.  That would be a lot easier.

[gilmorecraig]

There doesn't seem to be a "Amend a filed return" option in the mac version of turbotax premier

[drfee1good420]

I’m on my pc the amend return just says unavailable after I click on it I went through the lists u linked and it says it’s available even tho it’s not and this is causing lots of people to not get there taxes or stimulus 

[DoninGA]

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@gilmorecraig wrote:

There doesn't seem to be a "Amend a filed return" option in the mac version of turbotax premier

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Try this, is should be the same on a Mac as it is in Windows -

Click on Federal Taxes 

Click on Other Tax Situations

Under Other Tax Forms

On Amend a return, click start

[drfee1good420]

Yea it just says your return I ain’t ready to be amended yet but I was told I need to amend it using a 1040x asap

[DoninGA]

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@drfee1good420 wrote:

Yea it just says your return I ain’t ready to be amended yet but I was told I need to amend it using a 1040x asap

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Are you using Windows?  If so, what is the TurboTax version number?  The current version is 020.000.1688

Click on Help.  Click on About TurboTax.  Click on Version

[drfee1good420]

its just turbotax free edition when i google turbotax and sighn in