{"id":770,"date":"2009-11-21T01:32:35","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T01:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0c8fb60.netsolhost.com\/en\/?p=770"},"modified":"2022-11-17T03:07:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T03:07:34","slug":"149-amending-2008-for-the-8-000-first-time-homebuyer-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usataxhelp.com\/en\/our-tax-blog-at-wwwirstaxtalkcom\/general\/149-amending-2008-for-the-8-000-first-time-homebuyer-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Amending 2008 for the $8,000 First Time Homebuyer Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, you can do that HOWEVER we are advising clients NOT to do it\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IRS has announced that an amended return (for any reason) is taking 16 to 20 weeks to process (it is because of this $8,000 credit that the system is bogged down).&nbsp; Today is Nov 20, 2009.&nbsp; If it takes the minimum of 16 weeks, that is the middle to third week of March, 2010.&nbsp; If it takes longer (and it probably would since the 2010 tax filing season is then), that would be sometime in April, 2010 anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, file your 2009 return the first week of February, 2010 electroncially and have the refund electroncially deposited.&nbsp; This will take somewhere between 8 to 14 days, 21 at the most\u2026. so, you\u2019ll receive your refund sooner without the time and trouble of amending 2008!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will be happy to help&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usataxhelp.com\/\">www.USATaxHelp.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you can do that HOWEVER we are advising clients NOT to do it\u2026.. 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