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March 13, 2021
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I tried to file an amended 2020 tax return. Why won't it go thru?

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I tried to file an amended 2020 tax return. Why won't it go thru?

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    Employee
    March 13, 2021

    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 Form 1040X you need is under revision and is not ready yet.  The Form 1040X does not become available in the software until March 18 (subject to change).

     

     

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

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