When you amend your return, the program assumes that you received the original refund or paid the original amount due.
Your refund on your original return must have been too high, so now you have to pay back part of it.
Ideally, you pay the amount due shown on your 1040X by Monday, April 18, and later you receive your refund as shown on your original return.
If you can't pay the balance due now, you can wait until you receive your refund and then pay back the amount due, or you can make a partial payment. You will be penalized for not paying on time.
The failure-to-pay penalty is usually .5% of the tax owed for each month, or part of a month that your payment is late, up to a maximum of 25%. The balance due will also accrue 3% interest until paid.
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