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Maine uses the same form for the amended return as it does the original return.  It just has you check a box saying this is an amended return. When it is asking you for the overpayment on your original return it is asking for the number on line 28 of form 1040ME.     Line 25f is the total of all of your payments and refundable credits, so line 26 is deducting what you already received as a refund to come up with what you either owe or don't owe.     So that is where you would have seen the numbers I was explaining earlier.  If line 25f was $2,200 and line 26 was $2,500 because that was the number on line 28, then you would see line 27 -$300. So when you are looking at your forms, look at line 24.  This is your NEW total tax.   Then line 25 is all the withholdings and payments you made.   Line 26 is what you already had refunded to you. (Since you have amended before, be sure this amount includes refunds from all returns and amendments- if you ONLY got a refund on your original return, then it would just be that amount) Line 27 is the end result of what you owe or will get back. Line 28 or 29 will be what you over paid (refund) or underpaid (owe)