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If you e-filed your return, you won't be able to change it. It's like putting a letter in the mailbox. You can't retrieve it.
If your return gets rejected, you'll be able to change it and submit the corrected return.
If your return gets accepted:
Note: Generally, Form 1040-X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, must be filed within three years of the date the original return was filed, or within two years of the date the tax was paid, whichever is later.
Additional information: Do I need to amend?
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Hi! I also needed to amend my return; I filled out the form to retrieve my taxes before February 6th and was told I would get an email with instructions today, February 8th. Still have not heard anything; does this mean my taxes cannot be retrieved??
You would only get the email if you were updating information about the Recovery Rebate. If you need to make changes to any other part of your return, you will have to wait until the return is either accepted or rejected.
Amending your return means filing a new form, 1040X. This is only required in certain situations. In other situations, you can change your original return and you should not file a new form.
Do I need to amend? @normac2021
That's why I filled out the form - to update info about my Recovery Rebate!! So I should have gotten an email and didn't! I'm sorry to post in the amends section, I just can't find help anywhere else.
If you are posting about health insurance, there is no penalty for not having health insurance this year. If you had insurance through your employer, it would most be on a form 1095B or 1095C. No information from either of those forms will be entered anywhere on your tax returns.
Having said that, if you signed up with TurboTax to have your return accessed to make corrections by 6 Feb, you will get an email with instructions on how to proceed.
I signed up by Feb. 6th and haven't gotten any email with instructions.
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