• file an amended return or just let it be

    From MZB@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 12 19:26:20 2021
    A friend of mine filed his taxes. He does est. tax payments. He was
    expecting large refunds. He files paper, not E-file.
    Two weeks later he got his State refund. It was much less than expected
    and he learned that he screwed up his statement of prior est. tax
    payments. He claimed much more.

    Question: Should he file an amended X return, or just leave it be with
    the assumption that the Feds will pick up on that and send him the
    correct (lower) refund?

    What to do?

    Mel

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  • From paultry@21:1/5 to MZB on Thu May 13 11:39:41 2021
    On 5/12/2021 18:26, MZB wrote:
    A friend of mine filed his taxes. He does est. tax payments.
    He was expecting large refunds. He files paper, not E-file.
    Two weeks later he got his State refund. It was much less
    than expected and he learned that he screwed up his
    statement of prior est. tax payments. He claimed much more.

    Question: Should he file an amended X return, or just leave
    it be with the assumption that the Feds will pick up on that
    and send him the correct (lower) refund?

    What to do?

    Mel

    As I understand it, the only issue is your friend claimed
    more in estimated payments than was actually paid in. The
    IRS will allow only the total of estimated payments received
    and properly credited to the account when computing refund
    or balance due.

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