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May I still e-file a 2019 1040-X?
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Nope - not without a DeLorean.
That ship sailed last November when the IRS shut down to retool the efile system for 2022 returns.
Only the current year (2022) plus two prior can be efiled.
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Ok, thank you. Just out of curiosity do you happen to have one of those I can borrow 🤣? BTW do you know if that is an IRS rule? Seems odd to me if the year is still open . . . but I guess nothing should surprise me about the IRS.
Thanks again.😊
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The IRS website says you still can.
"You can file Form 1040-X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return electronically with tax filing software to amend tax year 2019 or later Forms 1040 and 1040-SR"
https://www.irs.gov/faqs/electronic-filing-e-file/amended-returns/amended-returns
"Any amended Form 1040 and 1040-SR returns older than three years, or Form 1040-NR and 1040-SS/PR returns older than the current year cannot be amended electronically. Amended returns for any other tax years or tax forms must be filed by paper."
https://www.irs.gov/filing/amended-return-frequently-asked-questions
E-filed amended returns are more like the Model T in The Absent-Minded Professor, than the DeLorean in Back to the Future. It's like the online Form 1024 application: What you send is not 1's and 0's but something that shows up as a paper document for several reviewers to process. I'm not sure it's a pdf, but close. That's why,
"The current processing time is more than 20 weeks for both paper and electronically filed amended returns."