Hi - my 2021 Amended Return gets rejected by IRS for reason code IND-689-01. TurboTax will not accept my signature date past calendar year 2022 and IRS will not accept.

[dipan26]

I am using Home and Business for Mac 2021.

[DanaB27]

Please be aware, for years prior to 2022, you'll need to print and mail your amended return. 

Please see Where's My Amended Return? to check the status of your amended return.

[xmasbaby0]

Only certain paid tax pros can still e-file past year amended returns. You cannot e-file an amended return that you prepared yourself using TurboTax.  Your 1040X must be printed, signed and dated in ink, and then you need to mail it in.  Use a mailing service like certified mail so you will know the IRS received it, since you will have a long wait for it to be processed.

Even during “normal” times it takes about four months for the IRS to process an amended return.  During the pandemic and due to the severe backlog at the IRS it is taking much longer—six to nine  months or more for many amended returns.  Do not expect quick results from amending.  When the IRS issues a refund for an amended return it will be by check.  They do not make direct deposits for refunds for amended returns.  You can watch for information here:

https://www.irs.gov/Filing/Individuals/Amended-Returns-(Form-1040-X)/Wheres-My-Amended-Return-1

[dipan26]

Thanks much for your help!

[dipan26]

Thanks much for your help!

[dipan26]

Hi - sorry to bother again, do you know who can still help with e-file my 2021 amended return? 

Thanks much!

Dipan

[DFU2]

Hello,

I am using TurboxTax Premeire for 2021. I was able to successfully file an amended federal return for tax year 2021 on 2/12/2023. However, I received an IRS rejection error: "IND-689-01 - The year of the 'PrimarySignatureDt' in the Return Header must be equal to the processing year."  This is because TurboTax Smart Check forced me to change the filing date from 2/12/2023 to a date in the range 1/1/2022 to 12/31/2022.  I efiled with a 12/31/2022 file date, thus generating the error. How do I turn off Turbo Tax Premeire's Smart Check to allow me to correctly efile my amended return?  Everything I have researched says I should be able to file a 2021 amended return (in fact TurboTax allowed me to do so last month).   I'd much prefer to efile rather than mail paper forms. I have seen relatd posts that others have been successful with resolving this error.  I have doubvle checked for TurboTax software updartes. 

Thank you!

[CarissaM]

Turbo Tax is only able to e-file a current year's amended return for the 2022 tax year. 

In order to file your amended return for 2021, you would need to print and mail in the amended return. @DFU2 

[EricPerl]

How hard can it be to indicate this limitation in your own support articles?

e.g. Can I e-file my federal Form 1040-X amended return? (intuit.com)

This article makes NO mention that TT can NOT be used to e-file an amended return past the end of the "corresponding" year (for example past 12/31/2022 for a 2021 return e-filed with TT in 2022).

Of course, I wouldn't have wasted over an hour searching for such articles if 2021 TT (fully updated) had not erroneously suggested that I e-file my amended return today (in 2023, just after filing a 2022 return that generated a carryback hence an amended 2021 return)...

So I tried, failed (didn't resort to lie about the date because that looked like a bad idea), found the article above, retried, then had to look for other articles which I when I found the current one (buried amongst others)...