You need to WAIT
until you find out if your return has been REJECTED
or ACCEPTED.
Then it is BEST if you wait until you actually receive the
refund (or payment due is taken from your account) based on your already filed
return; then you can start the amendment
process
If it has been rejected
then you can simply make the corrections required to fix the rejection AND
at the same time add the new information, and re-submit
your CORRECTED e-filed return.
If it has been accepted
you will have to prepare and mail an amended return ---BUT WAIT until you receive your refund before filing the
amended return.
A Form 1040-X amended return MUST be PRINTED and MAILED; and usually takes 3-4 months to be processed.
Perhaps some terminology/definitions would be in order:
AMEND:- your
return is what you do AFTER your return
has been filed and accepted by the IRS and/or state.
(No additional charge)
CHANGE:- your
return is what you do BEFORE your return
has been filed --simply go back to the respective information and change it as needed.
CORRECT:- your
return is what you do
AFTER you
attempted to file your return and it is rejected by
either IRS, or state --again, simply go back to the respective information and
change it as needed.
Above all DO NOT DO ANYTHING until you find out
if your return is rejected or accepted.
