Form Instructions 1040-A vs. Form 1040x 2017-2023

Hey everyone i'm bradford with the penn peninsula to personal finance well there's many different reasons that you might need to file an amended tax return whether a simple miscalculation or your work sent you a late w2c i'm here to make sure that you get it done correctly while the irs does state that if you have a simple math mistake or even a missing schedule that's required they might fix that on your behalf and then there's no action required it's not worth leaving it up to chance when it comes to taxes the irs does not mess around and even if it's an innocent mistake on your part you might still get hit with thousands of dollars of fines and fees if you don't correct it now i've used a tax prep software or a cpa to file an amended return it should be as simple as just providing them with your correct information and they'll fill out and submit the 1040x on your behalf but if you filed your taxes by yourself that's what i'm here for all right so here we have the iris form 1040x and this is going to be the form that you're going to need to use if you're amending the tax return from 2019-2023 or 2023. if you're trying to file an amendment for a tax year prior to that you're gonna have to go on the irs website and get the appropriate version of the 1040x so when you start filling it out it's going to be very similar to how you filled out your initial form 1040 and the example here is going to be i'm amending the tax return that i initially filed in my video that i released a couple months ago so you start out...