Amending

[Milltown21]

I filed my 2020 taxes online and both Federal and State have been accepted but there was a entry mistake on state form that needs to be amended. The turbo tax amend page will not let me do that. How can I take care of this. The state tax I paid was entered double the actual amount. 

  Thanks.

  Bob

[xmasbaby0]

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.

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. 

 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

[Milltown21]

The state tax form is the one that needs amending.

[xmasbaby0]

Then wait for the state to process your state return and then amend the state.  You cannot amend a tax return until it has been processed.

[Milltown21]

By processed do you mean I have received my state refund? Do you think they will catch the error and adjust it? Because they will have the 1099R that shows the correct amount of state tax paid. Somehow that number got doubled. I did not enter that when I was filling out my state form online. 

    Thanks