Hello,
I filed my 2019 tax return on time as married filing separately and based on that return I owed $5,000 to IRS. This done before the deadline of Apr 15 2020.
After that I filed an amendment (paper filing) to change the filing status to 'married filing jointly' - and based on the change in status I only owed $1000 to IRS.
I mailed the amended return (certified mail) and also paid the $1000 I owed based on the amended return (payment was done online). My amended return has not yet been acknowledged by IRS, I checked their tracking tool as well.
Today I have received the notice CP14 from IRS asking me to pay the remainder of taxes owed based on the original return $4,000 plus the penalty & interest; also stating that each month that I don't pay this amount will attract monthly penalty + interest.
My question is: as I have already sent them the amendment & I don't owe any more taxes based on the amended return; do I still have to pay the taxes based on my original return and just wait for IRS to process my amended return & send me a refund?
OR - should I disregard the CP14 and just wait for IRS to process my amended return?
Thank you for your time & help on this.
