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How to edit already filed federal return

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January 9, 2021
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Employee

You cannot edit a return that you e-filed already. Now it is going to sit on the server, where you cannot do anything to it until the IRS either rejects it or accepts it. This is why we try to warn people not to e-file early. If the IRS rejects it you can fix it and re-file it. If it is accepted with mistakes or missing information, you will have to wait for it to be fully processed and amend it.

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martincynthia21

It has be accepted. Now do I have to wait until I get my refund to amend it. And do I need to contact the IRS?

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xmasbaby0

Employee

You cannot amend yet. You have to wait for it to be fully processed and use the Form 1040X that will not be available until March 26. No, you do not need to call the IRS. You are one of millions who made a mistake.

You cannot amend a tax return that was just accepted. You have to wait for it to be processed by the IRS. Trying to send in an amended return while they are still processing the original return could confuse things and delay your refund for months.

Do not try to change anything on your return now. When you amend, your Form 1040X has to be prepared from the return exactly the way it looked when you filed it originally. You have to wait. Once your return has been processed you will complete a Form 1040X --- which is not yet available --- and submit it to amend the mistakes made when you filed your original return. It takes the IRS at least four months to process an amended return.

The 2020 Form 1040X does not become available until the end of March 2021 (subject to change).

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/new-information-for-form-1040-x-filers

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**