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My 2024 return was accepted but e-payment isn't processed. I missed some entries and filed an amended return, TT wants me to mail the payment with check. Should I?

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April 15, 2025
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The payment amount is the same regardless of the amendment. I am not sure if the e-payment would take care of this. Obviously, I try to avoid paying twice.

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JohnB5677

If you arranged for the payment on the original return do not do anything.

The amended return should have reset to zero.
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el415Author

It sounds like Turbotax(TT) has a logical error in the amended return instructions, not recognizing I already made payment arrangement in the original filing(which is supposed to process today). TT did acknowledge it is unusual to have the same payment amount with the amend return but it instructed me to mail in a check for the same payment amount instead of 0 to "complete the amend return".

I am almost certain now I would double pay following TT's instructions.

As a suggestion, it would be a good idea someone from the TT programming team can look into this to avoid customers running into same problem down the road. I don't think anyone wants to double pay their tax simply by following TT's instructions.

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el415Author

If your 1040-X says pay again, you did not fill it out correctly.

If your 1040-X specified direct debit and you SUBMITTED it you will pay twice.

after many months, IRS will refund you.

@el415

TT clearly acknowledged payment amount after amend return has not changed and is an unusual event. The problem is it ignores the prior e-payment arrangement and instructed to pay by check again. Technically, the e-payment has not been processed at that point so I do owe IRS that money.

For some reasons, it didn't offer e-payment for the amend return(which makes sense for a $0 payment) but then, it asked to write a check and send in with voucher to "complete" the amend return (after 1040-X was e-filed).

Honestly, if I knew it would do that, I would have waited a day which doesn't make a lot of difference in terms of tax consequence. But then, I got stuck between an incomplete 1040-X and uncertainty on whether the original payment was compromised somehow by the 1040-X.

Yes, it seems IRS can autodetect differences in actual and expected payment. Once decided excess amount is paid, it will issue a notice and a refund in about 4-6 weeks.