Federal taxes

[Elysej]

Both my federal and state taxes were accepted on Feb 13th it is now past the 21 day mark. I received my state taxes about 2 maybe 3 weeks ago but my federal is still saying it’s being processed. I tried calling the IRS but they aren’t accepting phone calls because of high call volume. So I’m stuck on what else to do unless they have an online chat service that i can talk to someone about it. 

[TerukoL]

With the IRS filing delay and backlog this tax season due to COVID closing the offices and leaving the IRS with very few employees working for the past year, the IRS has not stated how long it will take to deposit tax refunds. Your tax refund may be deposited in your bank account before the IRS has a chance to update your information on the Where's My Refund website

Please click IRS Operations During COVID-19: Mission-critical functions continue to learn more.  

If you e-filed, make sure the return was e-filed successfully and accepted:

• Re-check your e-file status 

  Make sure to enter the federal refund amount without the state refund, less any TurboTax fees if you chose to pay any fees out of the refund.

• If you are married filing jointly try using the Social Security Number for the name that appears first on the return. 

If you have already tried the above on the IRS WMR website, you can check the status of your refund by calling the IRS Refund Hotline at 800-829-1954. 

Please check Why is there no record of my return at Where's My Refund (WMR)? to learn more.