The only change I needed to reflect was a missed 1099-INT form for $18. On the 1040x form that I (reluctantly) went on to produce, everything looks OK in the Income and Deductions section, only displaying a net change of $18; however, on line 6, for Tax Liability, it shows a net change of $1,598!!! Also, just below the line 6 description "Tax. Enter method(s) used to figure tax (see instructions):", it shows QDCGTW.
How can I all of the sudden owe 1,598 for reporting an additional $18 in interest received?!? Actually, before I do anything except say I want to amend return. Original return showed tax due of $67.
As soon as I cancel the amended return (Remove amendment), it tells me that "If you've added info since starting this amendment, it will stay in your return", and then the Federal tax due reverts to what it was before I ever tried to amend the return, plus an additional $8. That is more what I'd expect, (even though I can't believe that I have to pay almost 50% of the additional interest reported in federal tax).
The state tax due (VA), properly reset to zero upon selecting to amend return, and it showed only $1 of additional tax due.
I've tried a couple times to redo the amended return, and everytime the same thing happens, it resets the Federal Tax Due monitor to $1,598.
