I just spent 2 hours on the phone with a TurboTax help CPA discussing this same issue. According to her, it is OK for those numbers to disagree because Virginia instructs us to complete the form 760 exactly as if it were an original return. They specifically ask us NOT to enter any payments or refunds from the original return when filing an amended return.
Reference this: https://www.tax.virginia.gov/amending-your-return
There is an "amended return worksheet" included in the return that is supposed to explain everything and those numbers are actually correct with the payment included. It seems that one section of TurboTax 2023 knows about the Virginia instructions, but in another part they are ignored.
I've tried entering a bogus Estimated Tax payment or Extension payment to adjust the issue, but nothing brings things into balance.
Regardless of how I juggle the numbers, TurboTax 2023 returns this error message when I try to transmit my amended return:
"Tax Year 2023 transmissions are not available. TurboTax is not ready to process Tax Year 2023 for this return. "
My amended Federal return transmitted nicely. Only Virginia is a problem.
I really don't want to print 50 pages and mail them to Virginia. That return would probably be rejected anyway.
TurboTax is broken and it needs to be fixed. Is anybody listening?
