Federal 2010: For Certain Customers Who Receive EIC and Workfare Payments
Updated: 3/20/2013
Article ID: SLN52989
Customers who received workfare payments and qualified for an earned Income credit may have an incorrect tax return.
TurboTax has fixed this issue.
How to tell if you are impacted
You may be affected if ALL of the following are true:
- You filed a 2010 federal return prior to April 17, 2011; AND
- You received workfare payments in 2010; AND
- In TurboTax, you entered the amount for those payments; AND
- You received an Earned Income Credit on your tax return (check your Form 1040EZ, line 9a – Form 1040A, line 41a – or Form 1040, line 64a.)
If you are affected, you may have overpaid or underpaid your federal tax and you will need to amend your federal tax return. If your state return is also be affected, you will need to amend it as well.
If you need to contact us, please use the phone number in the email from TurboTax and tell the representative you’re calling about the Federal Workfare Payments issue.
Solution
Let us do the work for you. We highly recommend this.
- Please download and print this Authorization Form.
- Complete the form and fax it to us at the number printed at the top of the form.
- Note: After we receive your completed authorization form, please allow up to 15 days to amend your return.
- You can print, sign and mail the corrected return to the IRS.
Or you can make the corrections yourself. However, the amend process can be complex.
- To do it yourself, please follow these step-by-step instructions.
- Amending your federal return and
- Amending your state return, if your state return is affected.
- After you make the changes to your tax return, you will need to mail a copy of
- Your federal return to the IRS and
- Your state return to your state tax authority, if your state return is affected.
- If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the TurboTax email.
