E-Filing Amended 2024 Return

[tbone11]

Just tried to e-file my 2024 amended federal and state return. I received a notification that the 2024 e-filing process closed November 15, 2025. How can I file via e-file? Do I need to pay for an upgraded service?

You can amend returns up to two years later. Not too happy that I will either have to paper file or spend time using another service.

[xmasbaby0]

Send your amended 2024 return by mail.  Print it, sign and date it in ink and mail it.  Use a tracking service such as certified mail to know it was received,  since you will have a long wait.

Do not expect quick results from amending. It can take four months or more for the IRS to process an amended return.  

You can watch for information here:

https://www.irs.gov/filing/wheres-my-amended-return

[tbone11]

If I paper file but make online payment, how will they know to apply it if they have not received the return? I am trying to avoid any P&I or audit from IRS.

[RobertB4444]

You can wait six weeks to make a payment or you can pay now making certain that the payment is applied to the correct year and then you'll just have a credit on your account until they process your return.