After you file

@Barnett69 "Desktop" software refers to the software that is installed to your own computer from a CD or download.  If you used the web-based version of TurboTax you used "online" TurboTax, not desktop.   If you did use the CD/download software, then you update your software by going up to the upper left corner and clicking on TurboTax and then click Check for Updates.

 

Not sure what that has to do with your original question about whether you need to amend.   As already explained to you, the IRS will recalculate your refund and send you an extra refund if you filed your tax return before Congress changed the tax law.   You do not have to amend for unemployment---you just have to wait for the refund.

 

 

 

The IRS is recalculating refunds for people whose AGI is $150K or below and who filed before the tax law that changed the amount of unemployment that is taxable on a federal return became effective.   

 

 

The IRS began to send out the additional refund checks for tax withheld from unemployment in May.  The refunds are being sent out in batches—starting with the simplest returns first.   If you are eligible for the extra refund for federal tax that was withheld from your unemployment the IRS will be sending you an additional refund sometime during the next several months.  TurboTax cannot track or predict when it will be sent.  The IRS has not provided a way for you to track it, so all you can do is wait for the refund to arrive.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-topics/help/how-do-i-get-the-new-unemployment-benefits-if-i-ve...

 

 

Please read this very recent news from the IRS:

 

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-to-recalculate-taxes-on-unemployment-benefits-refunds-to-start-in-m...

 

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-begins-correcting-tax-returns-for-unemployment-compensation-income-...

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-and-deductions/help/am-i-eligible-for-a-new-credit-or-...

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