How soon can you efile an amendment?

[shf1957]

filed an income tax and have something small to add to it.  It changes the return by a very small amount (owe 6.dollar back ).  How long must i wait to file the amendment?  Do I have to wait until they get their refund?  

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

I wait until they get their refund, just in case it gets stuck in processing/errors department or IRS makes changes to the original, you dont want your 1040X floating around in there not being able to get matched up with the original return.

[BobKamman]

What you don't want is the account frozen and the refund not issued because there is an amended return not yet processed.  That's why you wait for the refund.  

[Skylane]

For an additional $6, i don’t think I’d bother…. I doubt IRS would generate a letter,  But would alert TP