How do I amend a California state return in TurboTax Online?
Follow these steps to amend your California state return in TurboTax Online:
Sign in to TurboTax and go to Tax Home.
Scroll down and select Your tax returns & documents. Choose the tax year you need to amend.
Under Amend (change) [year] return, select Amend using TurboTax Online.
Answer the questions about why you're amending, and continue through the screens about your federal tax return.
Select Continue on the Let's get your state taxes done right screen.
On the Let's amend your state taxes screen, select Amend next to California.
On the Let's Amend Your California Return screen, select Yes and Continue.
On the About Your California Amended Return screen, you’ll see the form for your amended return.
Scroll through and review your info.
Answer any questions that may still need to be answered.
Select Continue.
On the Let's Make Sure You're Ready to Review screen, choose Yes, I’ve entered everything and let’s review, and Continue.
If you have additional info to enter, choose No, I still have state amend info to enter and move through the screens.
At this point, we'll check your California amended return for any info that needs to be reviewed. If we find something, select Fix Return on the Let's make sure everything is accurate screen and update the requested info.
If you then see an option to Run Smart Check, run it again to ensure you didn’t miss any info.
Follow the onscreen instructions to finish and file your return.
Note: Be sure to save a copy of your amended tax return. You'll transfer your amended info to next year's version of TurboTax.
You can amend any prior-year California state tax return, but you must file your refund claim by the later of:
1 year from the date of overpayment
4 years after the original return due date (if you filed before the due date, after the extension, or made payments and never filed a return)
4 years after the date of a timely filed return, if filed within the extension period
