Turbo tax isn't prompting me to enter my agi before E-filing

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March 6, 2025
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I keep seeing from everyone that once you get to the "file" tab on turbo tax, it will at some point prompt you to enter the agi from your previous tax return. I've gone back through the steps multiple times and it doesn't do that. I need the prompt to show up so I can manually enter my 2023 agi, because last year I e-filed with turbo tax, then later had to amend it with a company that is NOT Turbo tax.

I don't know if this is a glitch or something, but I have not seen a single person acknowledge the possibility of never being prompted to do this at all before officially clicking "transmit", so I have no idea what to do. If this is happening because Turbo tax already has my agi in the system, I need the option to change it because its definitely not the correct one.

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VolvoGirl

Employee

How far have you gone? You can’t efile without entering the AGI. Do you get to the last step where it shows the orange Transmit Returns Now button? And you use the AGI from the original return not the amended one.

EJwiley7Author

Yes I've gotten all the way to the transmit returns now button with the lock icon, warning message about how it can't be cancelled and everything. And apparently you can because I swear I've redone the filing steps about 5 times and at no point does it ask/ make me enter my agi. If I use the original, non-amended agi, then won't that cause problems? They ask for it (or are supposed to) for a reason, I'm sure it has to be the actual correct version.

VolvoGirl

Employee

No the IRS wants the AGI from the original return to verify you. This FAQ How to find last year's AGI

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/how-do-i-find-last-year-s-agi/00/25947

It Says

If you amended last year, don’t use the AGI from that amended return. Always get it from the first return you filed, even if that AGI was technically incorrect (for example, if you forgot a W-2).