New amended form

[JenMO]

When we started 2010, there was a new 1040X. Now getting ready to amend 2010, looks like the old 1040x. What happened? Does it matter which form?

[taxmandan]

There was such an out cry over the new form being indecipherable that theIRS went back to the old version. Which was a good thing!

[S T]

Question

I have an amended return to prepare for 2009, my software for 2009 is only providing the Jan 2010 Revision Date of the 1040X - which is the single column, however, the 2010 software has the more current version of Dec 2010 which is the updated 3 column 1040X

Will IRS accept either form?

Or do I need to put some pressure on my Software??

Sandy

[Koss]

New or old 1040X

The IRS will accept either version of the form. My 2009 software also the single-column version.

That said, I have such a strong preference for the original two-column format that when I did a 2009 amended return, I just filled in a PDF of the current version. I did the return using my 2009 software, but then I took the figures and plugged them into the PDF from the IRS website. Of course, I had to manually reference the original return to get the figures for Column A, and I had to manually calculate the difference in Column B.

BMK

[Koss]

Earlier Post

For those that are interested in this topic, I posted a rather rambling, tongue-in-cheek rant on this back in March:

http://www.thetaxbook.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17041

The IRS finally updated Topic 308 on their website, and it no longer refers to the new design.

BMK

[Lion]

Update

Update your software, too. I tend to forget to update prior years when I'm updating 2010. Maybe your software company updated your 1040-X options for prior years lately.

[BOB W]

My software has a 3 column WORK SHEET which I would send in with the single column 1040x.