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How do i delete my tax return

i have already filed my 2020 tax return but have made mistakes, there is no option to delete it now that i’ve already filed it, how can i delete it
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How do i delete my tax return


@758bd4404dea wrote:
i have already filed my 2020 tax return but have made mistakes, there is no option to delete it now that i’ve already filed it, how can i delete it

So you already submitted (actually transmitted) an efiled return?  If you already efiled a 2020 return, there is nothing you can do until you find out if the IRS either accepts or rejects the efiled return.   Unfortunately, due to late tax law changes the IRS will not even open up to start processing until February 12, 2021, except for a few returns they pull early for testing purposes.  In the meantime the return will sit on TurboTax servers but cannot be retrieved to cancel or correct.   So unless yours is one of the very few returns pulled early by the IRS, you won't know anything until February 12 or soon thereafter.

 

Since you have errors on your return, you would be lucky if the IRS rejects your efiled return.   If they reject it, then you can simply correct everything and resubmit it.   If they accept it, however, then then only way to correct it is through a formal amended return Form 1040X.   

 

So in the meantime do NOT make any changes in your return until you find out if it's accepted or rejected by the IRS.   If you end up having to prepare an amended return, it has to start out exactly as it was when originally filed.

How do i delete my tax return

I accidentally messed up on my tax return and cannot delete it and I am getting an amount I shouldn’t be what should I do?

DawnC
Expert Alumni

How do i delete my tax return

Use the clear and start over feature to go back to the beginning with an empty tax return.   @Kenzey_peyton

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l775sate
New Member

How do i delete my tax return

I had already filed my Federal and Maryland returns.  I wanted to file ONLY my State of Ohio tax return.  I choose only to send my state of Ohio return.  Your system sent my Federal also.  Your system had me enter that information also.  I would like to only have my State sent.  How is the federal information deleted? I am having surgery on April 4th and would very much like to have this resolved.

 

 

DianeW777
Expert Alumni

How do i delete my tax return

The state return depends on the federal return information which flows to the state return.  They are not independent of each other however the articles below will provide greater detail to e-file a state return after the federal return has been e-filed and accepted by the IRS. 

@l775sate 

[Edited: 03/25/2022 | 9:02 PST]

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