I spoke with Virginia Dept of Taxation today. They will accept the amended return either electronically or by snailmail. They did remind me, however, that for the electronic filing to be successful, my tax software would have to support electronic filing of amended returns. Sadly, TurboTax fails on that.
So, I guess I'm on my way to the US Post Office to lick a stamp, the same way Benjamin Franklin filed his taxes.
The TTx CPA helper person I spoke with strongly advised me NOT to force-feed the tax payment into the return. But, I just couldn't make myself sign a return that declares that I owe $1302 when, in reality, they owe me $170. So, I entered the $1472 that I paid with my April return as "paid with extension". Now it is up to the people in Richmond to get it all to flush out.
A good rule to follow: Never assume that the people processing your return have a lick of common sense.
