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The short answer to your question is yes. However, it may or may not be beneficial in your situation. First, if you are going back to amend the return in order to receive a refund, you're wasting your time because the IRS will not give you a refund from more than 3 years ago (7 years in the case of a worthless security or bad debt). BUT, if you owe the IRS money right now and would be eligible for that refund in 2004 when you amend the return, that amount that would be refunded could be used to offset the amount you owe to the IRS. As a Tax Professional I've seen many cases in which the refund was used to reduce the taxpayer's liability and others where it was rejected. If you owe a lot of money to the IRS and could potentially receive a large refund by amending to reduce your debt, it is definitely worth a shot.

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