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Cancelling 1040 Return after it was Accepted by IRS? somesnapperishe 02-02-2007
Posted by Katie on February 2, 2007, 8:15 pm
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 somesnapperi...@gmail.com wrote:

> I sent a customers tax return, it was accepted by the IRS,
> and one days later the client wanted to add a dependant.
>
> I know for a fact that this cannot be stopped or cancelled,
> her only option is a 1040-X (amendment).
>
> I called our software provider and bank, they agreed with
> me.
>
> I called the IRS/checked the website but it was too soon to
> get a status on the return or to be able to speak to
> someone.
>
> How else can I prove to the client that the return was
> accepted and the only way to add a child is to file an
> Amendment?
>
> Is there any official IRS documents that state this? is
> there a number we can call to verify?
>
> I would like to help this client to my best abilities.

I'm sure it used to be that as long as the original due date
of the return had not yet arrived, an error could be
corrected just by filing a substitute original return. The
return that was filed later would be considered the original
return by the IRS. I don't see that in the instructions any
more, though. Pub. 17 (p. 18) says you must file Form 1040X
to correct a return that has already been filed. It cannot
be filed electronically.

You can access Pub. 17 on the IRS's web site and show that
to your client.

This does bother me, though. What if you failed to make an
election that is statutorily required to be made on an
original return? Can't you still correct that by filing a
substitute original before the due date?

Katie in San Diego

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Posted by Harlan Lunsford on February 3, 2007, 2:14 am
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 somesnapperishe@gmail.com wrote:

> I sent a customers tax return, it was accepted by the IRS,
> and one days later the client wanted to add a dependant.
>
> I know for a fact that this cannot be stopped or cancelled,
> her only option is a 1040-X (amendment).
>
> I called our software provider and bank, they agreed with
> me.
>
> I called the IRS/checked the website but it was too soon to
> get a status on the return or to be able to speak to
> someone.
>
> How else can I prove to the client that the return was
> accepted and the only way to add a child is to file an
> Amendment?
>
> Is there any official IRS documents that state this? is
> there a number we can call to verify?
>
> I would like to help this client to my best abilities.

Well first of all, you should have by now the ACK reflecting
IRS acceptance of the return. You DO know what an ACK is,
right?

Next, look at publication 1345 and 1346 and find the section
where it talks about amending previously efiled returns as
THE only solution. (I have two on my desk right now, one for
a son erroneously claimed, and another for more interest
income. Oh, and a third for another W2 received after we
efiled her return on Tuesday. that makes three.)

If all this fails, tell your clients that I, an old and
established efiler from 1989, says it's so.

Well, not "old"; I mean "longstanding" electronic return
originator.' (ERO)

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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Posted by mrtax on February 3, 2007, 2:14 am
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I forgot to mention that the tax was processed
electronically.

Could they take the return directly to the IRS?

"You are not correct. If another original return is filed on
or before the due date"

^ can someone verify this?

Wouldnt the return get rejected (or returned if mailed) if
it was already accepted?

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