Yes, you will have to amend your income tax return. Please read the instructions below before you start to amend your income tax return.
Until your return moves into accepted status,
you won't be able to amend. In fact, you won't be able to do anything with your
return.
But here's what you can do
in the meantime:
- Keep
checking your e-file
status or watch your email inbox for a status update.
- Once
your return is accepted or
Form 1040X is finalized (whichever comes later), you can amend. (If your return
gets rejected,
make the necessary changes before re-sending or filing.)
- If
you're amending to claim more money, the IRS says to wait until you've received
your original refund before filing an amendment.
- Once
you've received your original refund, feel free to cash or spend it while your
amendment gets processed (this can take 12–16 weeks).
- The
IRS Form 1040X for 2017 won't be available until late January or early February
2018. To check back and see if Form 1040X is available, click on How
to amend (change or correct) a return you already filed.
- Three
weeks after you mailed your amendment, you can start tracking its progress at
the IRS Where's My Amended Return? site.
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