We already filed an amended joint return for a bigger refund. Can Form 8379 still be added after that?
I am from Australia and our original joint return understated withholding. We already filed Form 1040-X to increase the refund, and only after that did we learn my spouse had an old debt that may absorb the refund once processed. I do not want to miss the injured spouse step because we amended first.
The procedure is confusing because some sites say attach Form 8379 to the return, but we are already past that stage. I need to know whether it can still be filed in the amended-return context or separately afterward.
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