Amended 2024 return

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March 11, 2026
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I need to amend my 2024 return because I did not include self-employment expenses, and my self-employment income amount was incorrect. When I filed in 2024, I owed and paid a little over $46k. Now, as I am working through the amended return, It shows that I owe $6,200. So, I have two questions:

1. Does this mean that I owe an additional $6,200 on top of the $46k I already paid?

2. If the $6,200 is the new amount owed, what happens to the $40k that was overpaid?

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DawnC

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It sounds like an additional 6,200 is owed. The previous amount should already be included. The amendment (Form 1040-X) only represents the changes made to the original return. If you look at the form, at the bottom of page 1, lines 18 - 23, you will see the previous amounts (the 46k) accounted for.

Form 1040-X:

Line 18 — Overpayment - original return

Line 20 — Amount you owe

Line 22 — Overpayment received as refund

Line 23 — Overpayment applied to estimated tax

Form 1040-X contains three columns:

Column A. This column shows the numbers previously reported on your tax return. Use the copy of your tax return you gathered in Step 1 to complete this column.
Column B. This column shows how the amounts from your original return need to increase or decrease. For example, if you're amending your gross income to include $50 of interest income missing from your previously filed tax return, you would enter $50 on line 1, column B.
Column C. This column shows the correct amount. Just add the amounts from column A and column B and enter the result here.

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