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dd4vols
Intuit Community Champion
April 6, 2021
Question

AMENDING 2020 1040 FOR RECOVERY REBATE ERROR

  • April 6, 2021
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Anyone tried to amend a 2020 1040 for a recovery rebate error.  Taxpayers, after signing the 8879 and getting their refund already, decided to go to the irsidentify site and confirm their EIP 1 and 2 amounts.  Of course they found they had gotten less than the full amount they told us.  So when I bring up the 1040X, click on 2020 tax year, and then go back and correct the Recovery Rebate CR wks..nothing happens on the 1040X. I have to manually enter all amounts, both previous, and corrected, and in some cases, the actual change.  I can get to the amount needed as the refund, but never had to do all this before.

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Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
April 6, 2021
that's because nothing on the return changes except the credit, the other numbers havent changed
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Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
April 6, 2021
its good to fill in both columns, Ive had them kicked back to me as incomplete when I leave the columns empty.
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Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
April 6, 2021

Im thinking paper filing (sent back as incomplete)....does it require the columns be filled for Efiling?

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dkh
Level 15
April 6, 2021

I thought IRS would make adjustments if taxpayers didn't report the correct amount of EIPs.  Maybe that's only if they try to claim a credit on the return for stimulus that has already been issued.    

Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
April 6, 2021
me too, I thought they were correcting math errors

Im so over all this stimulus crap!
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