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File a separate Form 1040X for each year you are amending. If you are changing your federal return, you also may need to change your state return. If you file Form 1040X claiming a refund or credit for more than the correct amount, you may be subject to a penalty of 20% of the disallowed amount.

Usually, you'll file an amended state tax return only if the changes to your federal return affect your state tax liability. ... Once you've been notified that the IRS received and accepted your 2018 return, you can prepare an amended federal tax return.

If you owe more tax because of a mistake on your return, the sooner you file and pay the tax, the less penalty and interest you will have to pay. ... If you amend your return before it is due (before April 15), then your amendment is timely, and no interest or penalty will accrue.

Generally, to claim a refund, you must file Form 1040X within 3 years after the date you filed your original return or within 2 years after the date you paid the tax, whichever is later.

Amending Your State Tax Return Complete and submit a Form 1040X to the Internal Revenue Service. If you filed your taxes yourself or used an online service, you can obtain a 1040X from the IRS website. Mail the completed form to the IRS with payment of any taxes that are due.

Amending a return is not unusual and it doesn't raise any red flags with the IRS. In fact, the IRS doesn't want you to overpay or underpay your taxes because of mistakes you make on the original return you file.

The IRS will mail a request about the missing item. Anyone amending tax returns for more than one year will need a separate 1040X for each tax year. ... Taxpayers filing an amended return because they owe more tax should file Form 1040-X and pay the tax as soon as possible. This will limit interest and penalty charges.

Amending a return is not unusual and it doesn't raise any red flags with the IRS. In fact, the IRS doesn't want you to overpay or underpay your taxes because of mistakes you make on the original return you file. ... Whenever someone files an original or amended tax return, the same audit selection process prevails.

How can you refile your taxes if you made a mistake? Anyone who makes a mistake on their tax returns that can't automatically be solved through the electronic filing process can file an amended tax return using form 1040X.

H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt and TurboTax say they will not charge customers to amend returns.

Open your originally filed return in the H&R Block Tax Software. Click Take Me To in the top right corner. Scroll down to Miscellaneous. Choose Amended Return (Form 1040X) and click Go To.

Filing an amendment with TurboTax If you used our CD/download product, sign back into your return and select Amend a filed return. You must file a separate Form 1040X for each tax return you are amending. Amended returns can take up to three months for the IRS to process.

You will need to print and mail the amended return to the IRS for filing. The fee for the current year amended return is $42 (Prior Year Amended Return is $42 also). Once the fee is paid, you will be taken to the Amended Return Main Menu. There you will have a list of instructions on how to amend your return.

Amended returns take up to 16 weeks to process. You will receive any additional refund you are owed. Amending to pay additional tax. If you're filing an amended tax return because you owe more tax, you should file Form 1040X and pay the tax as soon as possible.

Submitting an Amended Tax Return At any time after filing your return with the IRS, you can submit an amended return if you're made a mistake on a tax return. ... If it's a correspondence audit, the IRS will simply want the documentation it requested, so sending an amended return could also lead to confusion.