I sent my 1040x to the IRS (and my corresponding state form to the state) on April 19, 2020 because I mistakenly thought I could be claimed as a dependent when I cannot. State refund came within a month, but the IRS still has not logged my return as received in their system. I'm not concerned about how long the processing time will take, it could take a year if it must. I'm not even concerned about the stimulus checks that I never received because they have me as a "dependent" in the federal tax system. I'm concerned that they never received the return in the first place because it has not been logged in their system as received. (I.e., it states the status of my return is unavailable when I use the tool.) Every IRS resource, every news article, every TurboTax forum thread states the same "things are taking longer than usual", etc., and I recognize that, but the IRS states this as an update :
"In some locations, we are caught up or almost caught up. In other locations we are processing returns we received over the summer due to the extended July 15 tax filing due date and, in some cases, are processing tax returns dated as early as April 15, 2020."
Keyword is "processing." The IRS and every resource I've come across delineates between "received" and "processing" - two different statuses. If they are in the processing stage for everything, then why has my return not been marked as received in the system? The IRS says everywhere that I should not submit a second return and that I should not call the IRS unless it's my situation ("Our phone and walk-in representatives can only research the status of your amended return 16 weeks o...") But every time I try to call, even using the cheat sheet, I get the "due to high volume of calls... call back another time" spiel and then I'm hung up on.
If I were to submit a second amended return for 2019, what is the worst that could happen? I plan on using the new e-file software through TurboTax. At least this way I know for certain they received the return. Second question: when I tried out the e-file for amended returns just to see what it looked like, it also required me to amend my state returns at the same time, otherwise I got the Error 109 and couldn't upload my .tax file to the application. How do I just e-file an amendment to my federal taxes since my amendment for my state is already accepted from May 2020.
I'm also concerned since I'm planning to start to file my 2020 taxes within the next few days - will the fact that my 2019 amendments for my federal taxes haven't been accepted have any consequence on my 2020 tax returns?
Thank you so much in advance! (And please do not use the same copypasta about how things are more delayed than the usual 3 week/16 week business. I know this - honestly, it's the only thing I do know because there are no other resources anywhere. You're doing great work!!)
