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Is a new signed Form 8879 needed for a superseded tax return.

  • April 23, 2024
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    Best answer by sjrcpa

    @rbynaker That, too.

    I'd still get a new one even if numbers didn't change. For example, if the superseding return was to make an election missed on the original.

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    sjrcpa
    Level 15
    April 23, 2024

    I would get one. It's a new return.

    The more I know the more I don’t know.
    rbynaker
    Level 13
    April 23, 2024

    From Pub 1345 page 17 (PDF page 21):

    Taxpayers must sign a new declaration if the electronic return data on individual income tax
    returns is changed after taxpayers signed the Declaration of Taxpayer and the amounts differ
    by more than either (i) $50 to “Total income” or “AGI,” or (ii) $14 to “Total tax,” “Federal income
    tax withheld,” “Refund” or “Amount you owe.”

     

    sjrcpa
    sjrcpaAnswer
    Level 15
    April 24, 2024

    @rbynaker That, too.

    I'd still get a new one even if numbers didn't change. For example, if the superseding return was to make an election missed on the original.

    The more I know the more I don’t know.