Amending my return

[Mimi15]

So I want to amend my married filing jointly return to married filing separately so my husband can get the stimulus check for him and my daughter and he can get the tax breaks on his unemployment.  My question is though, we’ve already been sent our refund, but when I do it separately, I end up owing and he ends up getting a bigger return plus then is eligible for the stimulus check. Do I give back the original refund or can they just subtract that from the refund my husband will get back?  And then I pay what I end up owing when I file by myself?  

[ThomasM125]

Normally, you can't change a return filed jointly to separate because of issues like this. It is possible you can get away with it since your return is not due yet, however.

I would suggest you not pay any money back until you find the amended returns have been accepted. You won't be late with your tax payments until after the due date of your tax returns, which is May 17, 2021. 

[Mimi15]

When will turbo tax allow me to amend my return?  It keeps telling me no to because the irs is going to just provide the credit to returns that filed unemployment or something like that 

[CatinaT1]

You do not want to amend your return do to unemployment.  The IRS provided guidance on this yesterday.  

IRS guidance on unemployment