Another Amended Filing, Where to Report Previous Refund and Payment
I'm working on filing a second amended return for 2025. I'm using TurboTax Desktop.
I thought I'd done things correctly in February and filed my original return which resulted in a large but it turns out incorrect refund. A few weeks later, I received notice that one of my 1099s had been updated, and in amending my return, I realized I had incorrectly downloaded my 1099s back in February. So I corrected the download issue, which also updated the 1099 that had changed, and the resulting amended return had me paying less than the refund but still a not insignificant amount, which IRS processed on March 18.
A few weeks later I received another notice that the same 1099 had been updated AGAIN. I ran the numbers and realized I actually owed another $20 to the IRS even after what I had paid with the amended return. At that point I decided to wait until after April 15 to file another amended return, mainly to make sure there were no further updates.
My question is TurboTax wants to use my original return as the basis for even this amendment, and there's an explanation given that's the way the IRS treats it, so I suppose that makes sense. But where should I enter the refund received from my original return, as well as the payment I made with the March 18 amended return? So far when I've created an amended return in TurboTax the result is it has simply reduced the amount of my refund, which, to me, indicates it's not taking into account that I've already received the original refund, and at this point my calculations are I owe another $20 over what I paid with my amended return. As far as the amended return payment goes, one option appears to be to enter that amount as a payment made with a federal extension, but that's really not accurate, although it's possible the end result may be the same. Line 16 on the 1040-X form refers to "additional tax payments made after return was file" which sounds like the closest description of this situation, but I can't figure out where to input that amount in TurboTax. And how do I enter the refund I've already received? What am I missing here? Does anyone have any insight into the correct way to report my original refund and my amended return payment in TurboTax?
Thanks for any information.