rishpatel000
Returning Member

After you file

Hi, can you please help me out? I never received my $1400 stimulus from all the way back in 2021.. I called many times, filed a payment trace, etc etc. Ultimately, they told me to just to the Recovery Rebate Credit in 2022 when filing my taxes for 2021. I did this and it said I would receive a refund of $1400, yay! However... I realized I made a mistake. I accidentally said I was independent even though I CAN be claimed as a dependent. I caught the mistake and did an amended tax return within 2 days of submitting my original tax return (before my original $1400 was given back to me, I didn't know about waiting to do an amended one). 

Clearly.. this was a mistake. The amended one suddenly said I OWED $1400 (even though I never even got the $1400, and I certainly shouldn't owe it because I only changed from independent to dependent, it should have either been $0 or still refunded $1400 since I never received the stimulus). I went ahead and amended the tax return anyways and selected that I would pay by check. I never paid because I shouldn't owe anything, and instead, I wrote a letter to the IRS and included supporting documents. I waited... but I never got a response... Now, I'm here about to file my 2022 tax return and my IRS account says I still owe $1400 (plus interest). Do I go back and amend my 2021 tax return? Do I mail another letter? Do I call? How do I explain that I amended my tax return too early and TurboTax assumed I had already received my $1400.