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More wrong-ness, piled on top of all the original wrong-ness.....
1) Look at the creation date in the meta-data of the image that you posted from the IRS. That is NOT from the date that the feature rolled out. The users in this thread were not even referring to this page anyways.
Everyone who made the "non-filers" mistake are freely acknowledging that they made a mistake. YES... these people made a mistake when they THOUGHT they were trying to verify their DD and mailing address info, when in fact they were declaring themselves to the IRS as a non-filer for 2019.
The argument people in this thread are making is that it wasn't clear at the time.... and now are seeking a mechanism to reverse their mistake. Filing a 1040X to correct this filing STATUS mistake is the WRONG answer. No they should NOT file a 1040X.
REMEDY: They can go back to the e-file URL, log in and "Start Over" and "DELETE" the mistaken blank 1040 they submitted in error to remove their "non-filer" status from the IRS records and literally Start Over and now submit their correct 1040.
The Web Archive... aka: The WayBack Machine, records historic references to the ENTIRE INTERNET. This has made it very simple for me to "go back in time" and view the ACTUAL IRS website, and see what info was and wasn't available on every single day. These images are at the end of this post, because I have 4 more errors of yours to point out first.
2) The second image you post here is from the Turbo-Tax web site. Why are you adding this to the conversation? Nobody in this thread is referring to anything having to do with Turbo-Tax. It's an irrelevant image to this discussion.
3) You are STILL, telling people that their "ONLY" remedy is file a 1040X Amendment.
THIS IS 100% WRONG!!!!!!!
The 1040X is for amending FINANCIAL information, NOT for changing your FILING STATUS from "non-filer" to "Filer".
Go look at the 1040X Form for yourself. There is NO PROVISION for "amending" anything except FINANCIAL information.
4) You cite IRS "regulations" as the source of this claim. NO WRONG. It is NOT an IRS "regulation" at all. This is 100% made-up B.S. to try and justify all your previous wrong answers in this thread.
5) If someone made this mistake of filing as a "non-filer", they can go to the e-file link where their mistaken e-file exists, and "START OVER" and "DELETE" the original mistaken (essentially blank) return.
THIS is the remedy.
REMEDY: They can go back to the e-file URL, log in and "Start Over" and "DELETE" the mistaken blank 1040 they submitted in error to remove their "non-filer" status from the IRS records and literally Start Over and now submit their correct 1040.
6) Here are the IRS screen shots from the WayBack Machine. It shows EXACTLY what info was on the IRS web site and on which days.
On April 1st.... it looked like this.
No Reference to Non-Filers yet BUT... there IS a link for COVID-19 info which provided a link to the non-filers info.
The Non-Filers link was not added until April 11th...
On the next page.... see the box circled in RED. THIS is the point where many people made their error. Yes, it is true that the text ABOVE the button spells out the definition of what a "non-filer" is. But look at the blue colored button.
"Non-Filers... Enter your PAYMENT INFO here."
The people who made the error, are in a specific mental frame of mind at this point. They are searching / scanning the page for where they should enter their PAYMENT info in order to receive their Stimulus PAYMENT.
First... they clicked on "Get Corona Relief" on the first page.
Second... they arrived here and saw "Enter Payment Info HERE"
Third... they ARE a "non-filer" (in their thinking), because they haven't sent in their 2019 return YET. What they didn't realize is that this term means "non-filer" with no intention or requirement to file a 2019 AT ALL.
Yes, they made a mistake. If they had read the instructional text they may not have clicked this. But they did. And it's an understandable mistake. How do we know that the wording was unclear and that it was an understandable mistake?
Because the IRS CHANGED the wording and added a Yellow Warning Box on TWO following dates, to make it more clear.
On April 17th they added the first attempt at a Yellow Warning Box.
It was not until April 20th, that the IRS changed "Enter PAYMENT info here" to "Enter Your Information".... and added a Spanish language button.
These are the FACT FACTS.
Not the delusional ramblings of the "alternative facts" nut faction.
