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Superseded Return Didn't Supersede

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May 24, 2021
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Hello,

TT changed one of their income sections from 3 options to 2 and I selected the wrong one. Thought I was getting a refund due to new Covid tax changes. ESubmitted the return latter part of April then realized I chose the wrong option and actually owe them which I originally thought. Within an hour of Esubmitting I did a Superseded return, wrote Superseded in red on the top and mailed it in with a check. TT wouldn't allow me to resubmit the corrected return and it was too early to do an amended return.

My bank statement shows 8 days after submitting both returns IRS cashed my check but on the same day issued me a refund to my bank account. I thought a Superseded return was to take precedence over any prev returns. I know the refund the IRS sent needs to go back to them.

Will they be sending me a notice I need to send it back? Will they wait several months so I have to pay interest?

Any suggestions what I need to do?

Thanks

Critter-3

And this is why you NEVER amend (not superseded ... that is a business return designation only) a return before the original return was fully processed ... that was the reason for NOT letting you amend too soon. If this is for a personal return then you should have mailed in a form 1040X (not an original 1040 with red letters on top) so although the check you sent was cashed right away it is highly unlikely the new 1040 will ever be looked at ... if it is it will be months from now.

Now if you did mail in a 1040X was the amount on line 18 the original refund you did get ? If so the IRS will eventually process the amended return and all will be right.

If you sent in a 1040 by accident then WAIT for the IRS to ask what that payment was for ... only then should you respond with the correct 1040X form ... please don't jump the gun again and make things much worse.

C

cust25yrAuthor

Thanks for the info!!

The doc I read mentioned for my situation to do the Superseded return. I thought doing it the same day would replace the EReturn.

It is a personal return and I used the 1040 not the 1040x. I used TurboTax to generate the corrected return. Didn't see anything about a 1040x, don't know if Turbotax even has that form.

Critter-3

Of course TT has the 1040X ... you even mentioned the 1040X was not allowed because they were updating the program and the IRS requested that it be taken offline for a while to keep folks from doing exactly what you did. The "superseded" return will most likely be ignored but time will tell. And the return you MAILED in will take months to even see the light of day ... there was no possible way for it to possibly stop the original return in the processing que.