An amended tax return is filed when some kind of error was discovered on a tax return that was already filed.  Pilots & flight attendants may wish to file an amended tax return if they did not take advantage of flight crew tax deductions on a past tax return that they filed.

You can file and amended return within three years from the date you filed your return, or two years from the date you paid the tax, whichever is later.  For example, assume you just filed your 2011 tax return and realize you did not take advantage of flight crew tax deductions on your 2008, 2009, and 2010 tax returns. You can still amend that for 2008, 2009, and 2010.  However, you can only amend that return if it is mailed BY April 15, 2012. If it was your 2007 tax return that you wish to change, you would be unable to file that amended return because it has been longer than 3 years.

The form that gets used to file an amended tax return is called IRS Form 1040X.  We compliled 10 tips that flightcrews should consider when thinking of amending a past tax return.

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