Can't change return because I did not save it after netfiling

When our joint return was complete, I saved it., then filed both. When I then exited the TurboTax app (TurboTax Standard, which apparently is not a choice on the select product/edition dropdown menu) on my PC, I was prompted to save but didn't, because I didn't think anything had changed (wrong).

Then we received another small, unexpected T4 (gov't related, 🙄). So I opened TT, clicked on "Change a Filed Return," and selected the related .tt19 file. It wouldn't allow me to because

Even though I have already Netfiled it. So I get that this error came up because I didn't save after Netfiling. The question is, how can I work around this to amend my filed return with TurboTax (which I have used for years)? Or do I have to go through the CRA hoops to change it, without using TurboTax?

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New Member

Apr 1, 2020 3:01:49 PM

I filed both my husband's and mine with turbotax but apparently when I forwarded to Netfile his did not go through. Do I have to refile for him all over again?

Intuit Alumni

Apr 6, 2020 1:06:30 PM

Please follow the instructions in the link to check if you have a Netfile confirmation number or if you need to Netfile the returns:

https://turbotax.community.intuit.ca/community/after-you-file-questions/help/how-do-i-find-my-netfile-confirmation-number/00/873726

I hope this was helpful

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Returning Member

Mar 18, 2021 9:25:38 AM

Hello Heba,

@TurboTaxHeba

I have the same problem this year.

I do have confirmations for my and my wife's return, but the software does not think the returns were filed because I did not save after netfile.

So is there a workaround in the software so that the software can consider the returns were filed? so that I can use the "change a filed return" to amend my 2020 return in Canada?

Thanks

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Can't change return because I did not save it after netfiling