Accepted 2/12/21 My tax refund for $11,000 with accepted on January 29th and it only says we have received your refund and it is being processed we’re not one we almost at September 1st I have not received the letter or anyting I electronically filed and have direct deposit setup what a bunch of bull. I’m so frustrated right now and I think I’m going to have to call until I’m able to get in touch with someone. Eye infection from very old contacts since I can’t afford to buy new ones or see my eye doctor. WMR tool reports that it’s being processed, and to read article 152. The estimated 2020-2021 refund processing schedule table below has been updated to reflect this, including the extension to the season. Since the covid happened, they just started staffing the offices last week. Many readers have reported this and while it is very frustrating, there is not much that can be done given the economic fallout from the virus and soaring unemployment claims. Filed 1-27 – WMR STATUS bar worked then disappeared with the Refund Is Processing message see Tax Topic 152 and I worried but now I see this up this morning. The IRS still has your return but things are essentially on hold until the IRS gets the additional information from you to continue processing your return . I still haven’t received my refund and I called and went online nothing and it passed 21 day’s and nothing I’m about to get kicked out my apartment and they don’t care. My return got accepted the exact same date and still only shows as accepted. The IRS has said that all system issues have now been resolved but given the various legacy systems they have and volume of processing I would not be surprised to see system problems arise again this year, which mean delays in processing and paying refunds. However, it’s possible that some tax returns may require further review and could take longer. When I first checked my refund it had a bar with it saying it’s being processed now that I am trying to check it it says my information is being entered wrong when I know for a fact everything is right….What does this mean? After using one of the electronic options for both Fed and State and being told I would have to pay for state I sent the printed fed tax return in by snail mail on April 15. It is now May 4, 2020 and the “Where’s My Refund?” tool still says, “Your tax return is still being processed.” It does not give the TT 152 message or a PATH message. If purge was run in June, why have none of them heard anything yet? WMR still says “still being processed.” There is no tax reference code. All of the information that is on the tax return is correct that was resubmitted. Both accepted and in process. Yes. The Where's My Refund? What can I do? Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 12-Mar-2021, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and Certification, Employers engaged in a trade or business who pay compensation, Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS), Instructions for Form 1040 and Form 1040-SR, Publication 590-A, Contributions to Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs), Form 8888, Allocation of Refund (Including Savings Bond Purchases). It will give you a bunch of choices. I filed on Feb 12, 2020 and received confirmation it was accepted. I filed my taxes on 2/13/21 and received on the same day. It infers definitely what it says. The number to call is 1-800-829-1040. It’s usually become numbers don’t match up somehow. Me too. Based on IRS guidance you can returns with EITC and ACTC claim won’t see any potential refunds prior to the first week of March 2021. Same here! We know the our forms we received but the wheres my refund is still saying our taxes are being processed. I need to talk to an agent. According to my IRS account my return has never been filed, but I can’t efile again anywhere it is automatically kicked out since I have filed a return. It was accepted over 48 hours ago. WHY? Tax Topic 152 on the other hand means means you’re getting a tax refund in line with IRS processing guidelines (generally within 21 days) and this notice confirm the methods for payment (direct deposit, check). - Information from someone who experienced this frustrating situation. While not great news, the silver lining here is that the IRS has processed your return and your adjusted refund (where applicable) should be on its way. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service. 3/16/21. No movement at all until this morning when WMR bars were gone and message changed to still being processed. Because of this, we both missed out on the most recent stimulus. No return, can’t get the stimulus because I have no return on file. I received my state taxes on Monday 3/8/21. It is likely to be a very busy 2020-21 tax season with many people filing and claiming their missing stimulus check payments (especially dependent stimulus’) via recovery rebate credits. Where’s my refund finally updated over night Last night (3/25/21) from return is still being processed to return is being processed. IRS representatives don't have information beyond what's shown on Where's My Refund? E-filed mine January 29th accepted by February 12th still being processed by March 13 2021 WTH??? I have received no notice from the IRS of a review. Mine is exactly the same no bars anymore still processing along with others I no personally. So stay tuned and subscribe to get the latest updates and helpful articles for the upcoming tax season. But this is all anecdotal evidence. Again, use the the tax refund chart below as a guideline and refer to the IRS WMR tool for specific time frames related to your return. Went to IRS.gov to check status everyday since and see this. Make sure you understand all the tax deadlines here. Dog has seizures and is in need of shots. I think there should be a class action lawsuit against the IRS. Well…that’s because the site has changed for the year 2020 returns. Submitted 2/1, accepted 2/12. Still showing tax topic 152 and we’ve received nothing in the mail saying we need to submit additional information. A refund date will be provided when available. Same here, have you received anything or WMR status change? The IRS had already announced that it will have to hold/delay refund payments for people claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or Child Tax Credit (CTC) due to additional anti-fraud safeguards/reviews under newly enacted laws (PATH Act). I would be contacting them asap! I even called the Orlando office twice with no reply still! However, this year I filed 3/23/21 through Turbo Tax, same way I’ve filed for 15 years, return was accepted same day within 2 hours and I checked both my Federal and State ( South Carolina) both are in last stage on bars.. with federal DD date of 3/31. After reading many comments seems like early filers are having issues.. How long should it take to at least say processing or something? IRS representatives can research the status of your return only if: Some common issues which may extend processing times: You can also refer to Topic No. See our. It may take from 30 min to and hour. has the most up to date information available about your refund. It doesn't show information about amended returns. When will it finally go through whenever I call the IRS it says all lines are busy and hangs up on me. Both my husband and I’s (with Child Tax) and my son’s (with EIC) returns were filed on February 2 and accepted on February 12. Same thing here. It’s now been 4 months. Hello everyone im in the same boat. I’ve tried calling, but unable to get through to anyone to get an answer. have 3 kids. As many folks have commented, the WMR tracker status bar may disappear or not be shown if your return falls under IRS review after it is received (Status Bar 1: Return Received) because additional information is needed for your return. I received a notification that my 2019 taxes had been accepted on Feb 5th(although I sent them in January 27th,2020), so Feb 5th -Accepted by IRS. If you filed an injured spouse claim, refer to, For refund claims with an application for an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) attached, refer to, If you requested a refund of tax withheld on a. I received my stimulus and they took out the money that I owed the state but yet it says my refund is still being processed. irs can not give out any info till 2.15th....i filed my taxes 1.21.17 and was accepted the 23rd... then the bars disappeared the 24th- but tax preparer says they were approved. I call the IRS and they can’t give me any information until after my 21 days. 2nd one means they've approved it, 3rd tells you when you get your refund. Where's My Refund? THIS JUST IN: Red Lobster reservation list now booked solid for three weeks, cheddar biscuits are no longer complimentary. Just make sure you call on those two days during those hours. I received a letter from IRS yesterday. 2021 IRS Tax Refund Processing Schedule and Direct Deposit Cycle Chart – When Will I Get My 2020 Refund! We recommend giving it a few days, even a week, before you throw yourself into a frenzy — because like we said, your WMR bars might reappear quickly and mean nothing. I e-filed mine in March 27th and was accepted the 28th! No phone support…no answers why its delayed…..Its really frustrating because this money would really help with the impact the COVID has had on our family. Did you get yours? My accountant filed my 2019 1040 electronically which was received by IRS 3/27/2020. A refund date will be provided when available. As of today, 12/9/2020, I’m still waiting for the processing and refund. IRS is no longer staffing phones for any reason. (7/16/2020). This is to allow for fraud and dependent verification processing required by law. “Still being processed” March 6. Even if you submitted before this date, don’t expect refund processing and payments to take place beforehand. My partner and I both filed on 2/1 and both of our returns were accepted on 2/12 without any issues. Mine was accepted 2/12 and went from processing with a bar to now it says still process we will update when a date is available and there I no bar anymore. My niece’s boyfriend has the same issue. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. She said it could be sooner than 4/12/21, but that is the worst case scenario. There are 3 bars. Also note that the standard”Where’s my refund” service from the IRS does not track amended tax return status’. The PATH message relates to the The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act (PATH Act of 2015) and is to notify you that the IRS is required to hold refunds claiming the EITC/ACTC until Feb. 15 as described above due to further identity verification. Does anyone know what the message “We cannot provide any information about your refund. Paper filed returns can take considerably longer and would add 1 to 2 weeks to the time frames below. See the various reader comments below on timing and their experience after getting this and other WMR messages. This delay is costing me $$$. But don’t panic when this happens. Tax filers should check the Where's My Refund? So frustrating that they can’t even give us a general time frame or update. How have none of the tax advisors or financial newsletters heard of this when it is happening to so many people???????? Still nothing. The latest is that the IRS made a massive screw up and thousands of refunds were incorrectly labeled as “balance due”. I have been waiting since june and nothing yet. A date will be provide when available.”? Don’t select any of them. Sounds like you may have someone trying to take your return! If the first one is showing it means they have received it. i filed with turbotax on February 12th and got aan email saying I was approved on February 13 can’t get ahold of the IRS or anyone to find anything out please help. Thank you and best regards, Barb This is what it says: Your tax return is still being processed. When I try to call the IRS I get a message that there are no staff to take calls due to COVID19. Two of the most common refund related messages showing up on the WMR tool after your tax return is submitted are the PATH message and to Refer to Tax Topic 152. If the information here was useful please consider sharing this page via Facebook, Twitter or your other social media channels. But nothing was wrong and I wasn’t due to receive a letter. directs you to contact them. No further word has been received from his office. 3/11/21 Stating I needed to send a 8962 and 1095-A form because I did have insurance Through market place and I will get my refund in 6-8 weeks. Not much you can do until then. I’m assuming my state will be DD by 4/1. Filed February 12th, Accepted February 13th. In July I talked to a very polite trying-to-be helpful IRS representative that told be that she could not confirm they had received it but I should call back in August. If there was any issues they would send you a letter . Bars disappear? I e-filed my 2019 taxes mid January 2020, it was accepted a few days later. Whenever it continues to say “still being processed”, the IRS is verifying information that doesn’t look right. Then I received an email on 2/14/21 that it was accepted. She said I should be receiving a letter by 4/12/21 8 weeks after it was accepted letting me know what was needed. 151 says you are under an audit. I can wait for any refund but I did express some concern that if they had not received our return by July 15th we would be open to penalties. [COVID-19 impact update] The IRS has announced, under the national emergency provision to tackle the Coronavirus, that they will postpone the April 15 tax-payment deadline for millions of individuals, giving Americans an additional 90 days, to July 15, to pay file and pay their 2019 income-tax bills in an unprecedented move intended to ease the economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus outbreak. File Your Taxes For Free and Get Your Maximum Refund, Subscribe here (free) to get the latest news and updates. Hi Mary, it’s 2/2/21 and I finally received acknowledgement on the IRS website. So after 7 tried I finally got hold of the IRS because it has been more than 21 days since I filed. It goes through a number of different IRS accountants to do a fine tooth combing through your return. I have yet to see the same answer twice. I NEED MY MONEY NOW! I spoke to someone they turn around and they said it was because they were closed and that I had a topic 152 but it wasn’t on me I had to wait until they went back and open and look at everything and then since they July 15th got an extension other people got extensions so I don’t know if my employer got an extension if they did I think this is what’s holding my taxes though and I’m just getting really tired of them because every year I get out of it or I don’t get my income tax until October that’s pretty upsetting sometimes I don’t feel like fighting anymore cuz it’s like every year every year something’s wrong with my taxes and it’s not in my behalf..and they said that I couldn’t call back because the fact is it’s going to do another 45 days from the date that I call back they’re just full of crap and then all my stimulus check I finally got it like on the 19th of June and I couldn’t cash it until June 20th but prior to that they had gave me a date of June 10th and I never received it so I noticed that they they changed my day I just don’t understand why we are getting so much fun is for everything that is going on and I understand that it’s a lot of stress on them but come on..and I told the guy that I needed my refund ASAP cuz I had a heart attack and I now my hours are completely cut and it’s it’s just sad how the system is is running and it does it’s not fair to us people that work and pay taxes, i filed back in February using a paper return i finally got and update last night that says my refund was changed to $0 and ill get a letter in 2 weeks explaining why this is ridiculous ive never had any problems i got my full stimulus for my wife my son and I 2900 and now im not getting a refund im really hoping they are open on monday I called the number on the letter and verified my identity through the link/ website that the letter provided. I won’t complain though. An official website of the United States Government. Using my ssn it says still being process with no tax topic but with my husband's it says still being processed with tax topic 152. SC updates every Wednesday and usually is within 2 days of Fed DD, consistent with my returns in the past. I’m a healthcare worker barely making ends meet in Florida. Produkt/Dienstleistung. and she got her’s 3/5. so you don't need to call the IRS unless the tool tells you to call. Husband needs at least 1 working car for work. Looked up Topic 152 and still didn’t give me anything About it. However I have read a number of comments here and on other tax sites saying that when the WMR site provides limited information on the refund, requesting a free IRS transcript seems to be another way of checking the status of the refund. I called and talked to a live person at the IRS who pulled up my account and could give me no further information besides “it is still being processed” and to call back in a week if I do not see it approved? IRS has flagged your refund for further processing and will provide an update when done. Hi today is 3/12/21 and my taxes were accepted on 2/10/21. I sent them priority mail so they should have received them prior to COVID-19 shut down. Please note, to receive your refund by direct deposit (whether into one account or more), the total refund amount must be $1.00 or more. I tried calling the IRS again and was told they can’t talk to me since I have a tax advocate even though the advocate won’t contact me. I guess all I can do is wait and worry some more. When I called the IRS they told me that they would not be mailing out the second stimulus payment check if it wasn’t received via direct deposit error but I could claim it as a credit on my 2020 tax return so I did. The irs is backed up . My boyfriend and I completed our taxes on March 15th; they both were accepted. Hopes this helps someone. Bars went away a week later and since then, NOTHING! As a single parent out of work bc of covid I really need my return and can’t get ahold of anyone and no answers. Now I sit here, with not one update on my federal 2018 return, no letters of any kind, I even sent in paperwork again in case it got rejected, on JUNE 30th. Now I’m relieved! Further, because the IRS is now focused on paying out the 2020 economic stimulus payments and supporting the new UI stimulus measures in place with other agencies, refund payments will likely be delayed well past the estimated dates shown in the table below. Is there a “fix” for this? You have several options for receiving your federal individual income tax refund: If you choose to receive your refund by direct deposit, you can split your refund into as many as three separate accounts. Yet, i have nothing, not approved, nor a date. Anyone have this same thing happen and if … To check the status of an amended return, use Where's My Amended Return? A refund date will be given once it’s processed. I am planning to use the return to pay a balance on my tuition bill so I hope the review is quick and they see I have not touched the check otherwise I may not be able to get my diploma. Packing my belongings into my vehicle now, but still cant go anywhere, dont have any gas!!!!. I check the IRS website "Where's my refund" daily. For refund dates specific to your tax filing go to the Where is my Refund (WMR) page or use the IRS2Go mobile application. A few days after being accepted, bars disappeared for both of our returns and we were directed to tax topic 152. New Affordable Care Act IRS Tax Forms; What is Topic 151; What is IRS Tax Topic 152; Tax Topic 159 How to Get a Copy of Prior Years W-2; Form 1040; IRS Tax Topic 203; What is the IRS Form 941? I never had a tax topic. That same thing happened to me. The only thing that has changed on my return is that I went from Head of Household to Married Filing Jointly. Even though, they have all of the information to distribute the funds. I filed Jan 28, 2021 Filed on 2/11/21….accepted a week later….checked today and says “ Your tax return is still being processed. Mine says same thing, I filed back in January!! It appears when the IRS has pulled your return for review for whatever reason, and it's in progress. As of today it still shows accepted. If a more recent tax year has been processed, you won't be able to see information about a previous tax year on Where's My Refund? They processed my e-filed return that was accepted on 4/30/20 and are supposedly mailing out the refund on 2/5/21. Single income with 2 kids. accepted but still processing. Still processing? Very pissed off and frustrated. Receive a letter late February that my 2019 was being placed on hold due to me not filing 2016-2018 (my mistake I get that) I completed and mailed paper returns for the missing years the day after I received the letter. If the irs stated my refund will be sent by the 23rd of December will it still be sent if their system is “under maintenance” until January? A refund date will be provided when available” indicate? I’m in the same situation. That’s our money and I want it! She did say that if I didn’t receive a letter by then to call them again to check on this. How are we supposed to ever trust them again after this??! For more information about refunds, see Tax Season Refund Frequently Asked Questions. The IRS issues more than 9 out of 10 refunds in the normal time frame: less than 21 days. The IRS issues more than 9 out of 10 refunds in the normal time frame: less than 21 days. When it takes you through the automated system, press 1 for English. Thank you! 160 says that your refund has been deposited. The thing is that I never was notified of the rejection, and I never corrected my tax return and refiled. Transcript says NA for 2020 Refunds from amended returns are generally issued within 16 weeks. It’s sad people lost there homes and great jobs due to this covid. This question comes up a lot and I have seen a few comments on this suggesting that that if you can order your transcript then your refund is on the way. We filed January 31st but apparently still being processed…, This is so inaccurate. 161 says your refund has been mailed out to the recipient. Either stimulus check. In preparation for the third stimulus payment and the fact that my tax return is being reviewed I went to the where’s’ my payment system to see if I could update my direct deposit info that way and it shows that a check was sent for the second payment on 2/2 I filed on 2/12 and claimed the credit. I filed with turbo tax on like Jan 28th. 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