Thanks for writing to this thread. It may seem somewhat complicated but as others mentioned I did nothing wrong with sending in a Superseded Return. Turbo Tax changed one of their options I'd used for many years. I selected the wrong option and thought the refund I was getting was due to the pandemic stimulus. Within an hour I realized it was incorrect and I found the correct option. It was too early to file an amended return and I found plenty of doc describing the Superseded Return was what I should do and it would be looked at instead of the original E-Filed incorrect one. I wanted to prevent them from sending me a refund when I actually owed money. When I sent in the Superseded Return, yes, the entire return on paper with "Superseded Return" in red at the top of the first page as instructions said, with a payment back in April 2021, it was only an hour previously sent the E-File. A few weeks later I saw on my bank statement IRS both cashed my check and issued me a refund. So they had the Superseded return but decided not to use it.
Everyone here suggested not to do anything until IRS contacted me which just happened this week, over a year later. As mentioned they didn't include the form they changed or the amount I owe. Only looking at my IRS account did I see the amount I owe along with the wrong AGI entered. The incorrect AGI could be a problem because some tax benefits are based on that but haven't heard of any problems as of yet.
The letter mentions I can contact them if I don't think their changes are correct. I can't see what changes they made as they didn't send me anything. The form they changed doesn't appear in my account. Also the letter says if I don't contact them, they will start collection proceedings.
So my question is, do I just pay what I owe and hope the other tax benefits based on the AGI don't become a problem or explain what happened to them and tell them they used the wrong return and ask them to correct it? I do agree I do owe the money as they sent me a refund I shouldn't have received.
Thanks
