Early File

[kingvalencia1]

Hi I filed early and by return has been accepted for over a month already! Hopefully I get my return soon!! Anyone else with this issue?

[JohnB5677]

The staffing of the IRS is likely going to cause a lot of delays for early tax filers. The reason is simple: with many IRS workers stuck at home or sick due to the pandemic, there will be delays.

Combine that with the additional stimulus checks (which require staffing and programming to send out), and the last minute tax changes that passed in December (which also require programming and testing), the IRS is stretched to the limits.

In 2021, the IRS will began e-File on February 12, 2021. That's the latest start to tax season we've ever seen.

However, if you're mailing documents to the IRS, expect massive delays. It took months and months to clear through the backlog in 2020, and the IRS is still delayed on taking care of mail returns. 

Furthermore, if you have any issues with your return, such as requests for information or updates, you'll be stuck waiting as well. Staffing around the pandemic are really going to delay anything that requires an actual human to work on.

[Courtneyfiggs33]

I filed on 1/23 I got accepted on 2/10-  lost my bar in the where’s your refund app about 3 weeks ago kept saying processing then changed to we received ur refund when a date is available we will let u now! Can’t call nobody answers the phone and still no stimulus check! This crap getting old really quick but everyone I’ve talked to says the same thing still no taxes there still processing! I heard it’s the 1st and 2nd  stimulus holding everyone up. If u put in the wrong amount ur return is going to be sent to the error department and that takes another 10 weeks from what I hear or have read!