I filed taxes for 2020 with a 2019 w2 not a 2020 w2 by accident

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

Did you click that big orange button that said “Transmit my return now?”  If you did that, you cannot do anything to fix it yet.  The IRS will begin to accept/reject 2020 returns on Friday, February 12, 2021.  You have to wait for the email that tells you if your return was accepted or rejected.  If you do not see an email, check your spam folder.

You cannot change or add anything on the return that you just e-filed, nor can you stop it.  It is too late, just like when you put an envelope in a US mailbox on the corner.

If you left out a W-2, a 1099G, or a dependent, or a 1099 etc…DO NOT change your return while it is “pending.”  The changes will go nowhere.

Now you have to wait until the IRS either rejects or accepts your return.  If your return is rejected, you will be able to go into your account and make the necessary changes to your tax return and re-submit your return.

 If the IRS accepts your return, however, then you have to wait longer until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund.  THEN you can prepare an amended tax return and mail it in. You have to be able to work from that return exactly the way it was when it was e-filed originally.  You will need to use a form called a 1040X. return.  

 Meanwhile, DO NOT go in and start changing anything on your return in the system, or you will make a mess for yourself.  Sit tight and wait until you see what the IRS does with the return you just e-filed

[SjonnaB]

Hey I did the same thing are you under review now I'm so worried I got myself in a jam. I used 2019 w2 to file for 2020 w2 because I thought that's how you used thr look back provision then it asked if I wanted to use the look back provision and I clicked yes. The only issue is I was not on payroll for 2020 the guy I worked for kept telling me next week eventually I got sick of it and just stopped well. That is just part of why I quit. So have you recieved a review letter ?

[JamesG1]

The IRS may or may not accept your tax return.

If you have e-filed your 2020 Federal tax return and the tax return is accepted by the IRS, you should amend your 2020 Federal tax return and correct the entries and calculations.  

If you have e-filed your 2020 Federal tax return and the tax return is rejected by the IRS, you should correct your entries and calculations as well as correct the entries that generated the rejection.

Amended tax returns will not be available until March 18.  See forms availability.  Make no changes in TurboTax until you are able to make the changes in the tax return.