@ericinmaryland wrote:
@rjs Lets start here: "Inside your program, search for amend and then click the Jump to link.", when I start TT, before I have opened a return I see an "Amend" button. What is that for?
There are several ways to start the amending process. You can click the amend button the opening screen, you can use the Jump to link, or you can click "Amend a return" under Other Tax Situations. They all do the same thing. They all take you to the beginning of the amending process. It doesn't matter which one you use.
@ericinmaryland wrote:
Does TT create a 1040x with the corrections?
Yes. That's one of the things you get from TurboTax. You don't have to figure out what to put on Form 1040-X. TurboTax fills it out for you.
@ericinmaryland wrote:
Is there any reason why I can just send the entire new return. Is it that they want me to find just the changes so that can replace those pages in the filed return?
The reason you can't do that is that the IRS won't accept an entire new tax return. They will just send it back to you with a letter saying that you already filed. When you need to make changes to a tax return that you already filed, you have to use Form 1040-X. That is the procedure that the IRS has established for amending a tax return.
They don't replace pages in the original return. The IRS works with the information in your tax return, not the physical pages.
