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The Form 1040-X for amending a 2025 federal tax return is estimated to be available in TurboTax on 02/25/2026   An amended return, Form 1040-X, can only be printed and mailed to the IRS if the original tax return was not e-filed. The IRS will take up to 20 weeks or longer to process an amended tax return. Before starting to amend the tax return, wait for the tax refund to be received or the taxes due to be paid and processed by the IRS. See this TurboTax support FAQ for amending a current year tax return - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-federal-tax-return-curr...

You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.  The IRS does not allow you to take it back.   If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.   Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.    Sometimes—not always— the IRS corrects your mistakes, while they are processing your return.    If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and e-file or mail  it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X.     Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed   The Form 1040X is scheduled to be available on February 26.   The date is subject to change, so check on 2-26  to see if it is ready.   Before that, do not change anything at all on your return.  

If you still have the license codes to install the software you can download the 2025 and 2024 software from this TurboTax website - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/cd-download/install-turbotax/

The Form 1040-X for amending a 2025 federal tax return is estimated to be available in TurboTax on 02/25/2026   An amended return, Form 1040-X, can only be printed and mailed to the IRS if the original tax return was not e-filed. The IRS will take up to 20 weeks or longer to process an amended tax return. Before starting to amend the tax return, wait for the tax refund to be received or the taxes due to be paid and processed by the IRS. See this TurboTax support FAQ for amending a current year tax return - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-federal-tax-return-curr...

Official guides from DeductibleDuck are here:   Desktop: https://deductibleduck.com/docs/how-to-guides/import-turbotax-win-mac-desktop/   Online: https://deductibleduck.com/docs/how-to-guides/import-turbotax-online/   And for those curious about Form 8283: https://deductibleduck.com/docs/how-to-guides/why-we-cant-fill-form-8283/  

It depends. If you are saying this is federal or state withholding, and you did receive a refund on your original return, then it's quite likely you would get this refunded if you amended your return.   First wait to see if your return was accepted or rejected. Accepted: An amended return must be completed to make the corrections. Rejected:  Make the change before you resubmit your return through e-file. If it was accepted you can amend your tax return using the information below. The amended Form 1040-X will be ready later this month. The IRS is not willing to accept amendments until later in the tax season. Uses the links below for assistance and readiness and read them carefully before you begin so that TurboTax knows the original figures and the changed figures. Tax Form Availability How to Correct Federal Tax Returns Amend a tax return for the current tax year Please update with more details if a withholding is not the item you missed.

The effective tax rate is calculated by dividing tax by income.    Income is based on adjusted gross income (AGI) Form 1040, line 11, though you must also add back certain specialized items like lump-sum retirement distributions or specific employer security appreciations if you reported them on Form 4972.   The tax portion of the calculation begins with the figure on Line 18 of Form 1040. This total incorporates the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) and any tax from reporting a child's income on Form 8814, but it intentionally excludes items like recapture taxes, self-employment taxes, or additional taxes on retirement plans. You then reduce this tax amount by subtracting nonrefundable and refundable credits—such as the Child Tax Credit or the Fuel Tax Credit—which can actually result in a negative effective tax rate if your credits exceed what you owe. Finally, if your income is zero or less, the rate is simply recorded as zero, and for consistency, any historical data is typically pulled from your most recent prior-year return.   This rate is for your information only, and determined after your tax is computed.

Unfortunately I had already filed my return after your program checked for errors and only found the problem the next day reviewing the filed documents.  The problem is the questions your programs asks and way the information is shown on the Income Summary Sheet and you should be able to reproduce the problem yourself.  Note I am using the Mac version of the program as I think the instructions given in your reply are probably for Windows version.  I have used Turbo Tax for over thirty years, but next year it will be another program.