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I accidently filed head of household instead of single

kzs22 — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:09:49 GMT

I did the same

champsam203 — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:09:50 GMT

I did the same

If you have already e-filed and been accepted by the IRS,...

DeniseF1 — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:09:51 GMT

If you have already e-filed and been accepted by the IRS, you cannot change the status because your tax return has already been electronically sent to the IRS. You would wait until after you have received your tax refund and then Amend your tax return using Form 1040X. Amending instructions will be available - in late January or early February 2018.

If the IRS rejects your tax return, they will send it back to your TurboTax account to make the corrections that caused the rejections and you can also change your filing status to single.

Re: I accidently filed head of household instead of single

BAGouker — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:21:45 GMT

I just did the same 3 days ago. It has yet to be accepted by IRS. Guess i just have to wait and see.

Re: I accidently filed head of household instead of single

Cass0317 — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:46:46 GMT

Correct, as DeniseF1 stated above: If you have already e-filed or mailed the return, then you will need to wait until the IRS has accepted or rejected that return before you can make any changes.

If they reject it, then you can make the needed changes and re-submit the return. How do I fix a rejected return?
If they accept it, then you will need to wait until you have received your refund, if applicable, and then amend that return to make changes, if needed. Amended returns have to be printed and mailed in and take up to 16 weeks to be processed.

If accepted, wait until you have received your refund or taxes due paid, then you can go here for instructions on amending your return.

@BAGouker