I have filled my 2021 tax through my own CPA(not via tubotax) who is not available at this time. I want to file amendment for past year 2021, how do I do it ?

[Anonymous]

Turbotax has a way to amendment if I have filled it via Turbotax in the past but my case is different I didn't use turbotax in the past.

[VolvoGirl]

Ideally you should go back to who did it and they should amend it for free if it was their error. To amend a return you did somewhere else or you don't have the original .tax file, you would first have to fill out Turbo Tax like you are doing the original return and pay for it. You have to recreate the actual wrong original return. Then when it matches each line that you really filed you have to tell Turbo Tax you will mail it so it thinks it was filed. Then you can amend it.

You would have to buy the 2021 Desktop program here.  You need a full Windows or Mac computer to install it on.  https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/ 

[dmertz · Accepted solution]

If the amendment is a minor change (regardless of the dollar amount), it would be far easier to amend using fillable forms downloaded from the IRS.

[VolvoGirl · Accepted solution]

Here is the form.  IRS 1040X Amended return

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040x.pdf

1040X Instructions

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040x.pdf

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the clarification. So in 2022, I contributed my after tax money 6k to IRA account for year 2021. But I missed to file 8606 in my 2021 tax filling so there is no change in dollar amount as part of the amendment, it is just additional information that I need to send. 

[Critter-3 · Accepted solution]

Use the IRS fill in forms 1040X & the 8606 to add that form to your return ... don't bother with the TT program.