After you file

Yep.   Make sure she is listed as the primary taxpayer and you as the spouse to keep the IRS from getting confused.

 

However, here are two other options:

  1. You don’t need to fill out the 1040X to get your return processed.  All you need to do is indicate in a cover letter to your 1040 that you filed a return to get the stimulus check and that this is a corrected return.
  2. You can simply write ‘1040X amended return’ on the top of the paper 1040.

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