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Because you received Advance credit, you probably will still qualify for the credit even though your income is too low.   Unless you have some other disqualifying reason, you won't need to repay anything.  Depending on the circumstances, you may even receive additional credit on the tax return to increase your refund.

@Opus 17 wrote:   Under your sales contract, do you keep the money even if the buyer defaults?  Then it might be your income now.  But if you would be required to return a portion or all of the money if the sale falls through, then it is not your money yet.     This is the key.  If it is non-refundable to the payer, it is income in 2025.  If it is refundable until 2026, it would not be income until 2026.  

You do not mention what change you made when you amended or how long ago you submitted your amended tax return.     Do not expect quick results from amending. It can take four months or more for the IRS to process an amended return.     You can watch for information here: https://www.irs.gov/Filing/Individuals/Amended-Returns-(Form-1040-X)/Wheres-My-Amended-Return-1  

You can’t efile 2024 or prior anymore.   You have to print and mail it now.   So the date shouldn’t matter.   But the IRS checks the dates with Social Security, so you should check the dates that SS has on file.   You may need to update Social Security.   

As to filing the state tax returns?   That would require some folks (who might not be posting help in here at this time) who might have specific information on how RI and MA handle married couples your situation.   Some states, Like NC, allow you to file MFJ on both Federal and state, but then on the state forms, have you delineate what was earned in each state (for the resident vs part-year resident spouse), thus allowing the spouse who moved, to only indicate the $$ they earned in the former state as being taxable by that former state....and and on the new state return, the one who didn't move to that new state at all, to remove all their income from the state they didn't live in.   Other states may handle it differently.  While TTX should be able to handle it....IF You Know What you are doing...sometimes it may be complex enough that it might be a good year for you to hire a local tax professional this year to see how it needs to be done for RI &MA.  Certainly, in late January, you could certainly try out the software to see what the complications are for those two states  (careful though, the various state's software sets are sometimes not available until late January), but if it seems too messy by late Feb, then it may be time to get a local PRO to help (and not a seasonal storefront operation). _______________ MA:  @Zbucklyo   @linear @sampsonmines     might know for MA RI: ???  

@JoeTaxDad I suspect TT will walk you through this so neither of you are taxed twice on the same dollar.... you both would  have a filing status of "Separate" for the MA and RI state tax returns.      I'll bet a dollar that you will find that filing JOINT on the federal return is much better than filing Separate.  If you are on SS and over 65, there is that 85% of SS that is automatically taxed and loss of the $6000 deduction.  Those are not insignificant.   

I will continue to use TT in 2025, as I have literally used it for 40 years since dot matrix printers were high tech.  The only issue that I have is that updating Windows 11 every 4 or 5 weeks deleted my TT 2024 authorization key last year and ended up having to buy another license to install it on my Win10 laptop when I figured out why all my keys were used up.  Support was completely worthless, and calling them was just a waste of my time, so hopefully this year I will fare better.  I'll save one key until just before I am ready to file (I file late for K-1s and pension contribution timing), then update my W11 laptop and turn off updates for 5 weeks and then do the return.  Fingers crossed, but it should be something that is fixed by now.