After you file

This year amending will be kind of tricky with the unemployment exclusion ... you may need to make all your corrections then complete a 1040X manually ... if you have a copy of the original return  AND the corrected 1040  then you can use the info to complete a 1040X.   This could be more complicated if the IRS has already made the  correction for the unemployment exclusion ... now column A of the 1040X must reflect the IRS changes which may not be easy to simulate in the online program.

 

Look at the form 1040X …

 

Column A should have the figures from the original return, Column C the corrected figures and Column B the differences between the other 2 which needs an explanation on page 2 of the form 1040X.

 

If you completed it correctly you will see an entry on either line 16 OR 18:

 

On line 16 should be the amount you paid with your original return. 

 

On line 18 should be the amount of your original refund you received.

 

Then you will see your extra refund on line 22 OR  the new balance due you need to pay on line 20.