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Level 5

I agree with this. 

We should be able to manually lock a return.

  • I amended a state return in 2021 that had to be filed as a paper return because the state did not accept e-filed amendments. There was no way to trigger the return lock. 
  • I had a 2021 extension rejected because an extension had already been filed by the client's former tax preparer. Even though I later e-filed this client's 2021 return, the return did not auto-lock because of the earlier rejected extension. There was no way to trigger the return lock.