How can I find out if my injured spouse claim was applied to my case. I mailed it in after my taxes were filed

[Fed-up]

No one is there- call your local Taxpayer advocate office daily leave a message they will call you back 

[Ariiyiike]

Ok, thanks for the update.

[Davina0711]

Do they contacted you if you made a mistake on filling out the form? I’m worried that I may have filled out something wrong and it just won’t get processed and I’ll never find out. I tried calling all the numbers but they said they aren’t allowing live agents due to reduced staff. So everything is automated. 

[Fed-up]

Fill out form 911 on the IRS website fax to local Taxpayer Advocate Office they are required to help 

[Linbergh1978]

I've put my injured spouse form in at the beginning of March after I found out my taxes were snatched. I don't owe anything but my wife has back child support she owes. I haven't heard anything from the irs and ever time I call I can't get in touch with anyone I even tried to check my status on amended returns. It keeps telling me that there's no record of a amended returrn.

[mcarnley]

Why would you check the amended return site? If you're just submitting an IS form it's not an amended return. Amending a return and attaching an IS form will delay the processing by 16 weeks. 

[mcarnley]

Since the IRS is closed, the taxpayers advocate office can not help. That's what they told me when they called me back. I called a number I got for the IRS and it turned out to be the collections dept. The guy I spoke to said thats6the only dept open. All the rest are closed until mid July, from what he said. Even the examination dept, which is the dept that handles the IS forms.

[Fed-up]

Amended taxes have nothing to do with the Injured Spouse form- go to ITS website fill out

form 911 and fax to

your local Taxpayer Advocate office - put in there any hardship your experiencing and they should reach out- I just filed this form last Thursday 4/30 and have yet to hear back as I’m sure they are back logged 

[Fed-up]

Yes local Taxpayer Advocates are working remotely I was told to fill form 911 out and fax to local office 

[Wolfeyes]

I filed my injured spouse form in early March after filing my taxes.  I see people here talking about seeing codes 971 or 846 on their transcripts to check the status of the form.  I don't see codes anywhere on my transcripts.  Where do I look for them?  I don't see any codes on the Where's My Refund tool, either.  Can someone direct me to where to look for these codes on the transcripts?  Thanks.

[Fed-up]

Here’s what you have to do- go to IRS and look up form 911- fill it out fax to

local tax Payer advocate office and the call and leave info daily - you should get a call back within 3 days - put on there ANY hardship

your experiencing that’s the only way you will get help ASAP  

[Ariiyiike]

You can only see that when you create an account with irs.

Go to their website to create and account with a credit card and the card is just to confirm your identity and you won’t be charged.

Then once you done creating and signed in, you can see if your form 8379 which will be changed to 971 has been received as injured spouse claim. Good luck 

[Wolfeyes]

I have an account.  Had one for years.  I can see all my transcripts.  I just don't know which category to look at or where on the form to look.  I see 4 categories...Return Transcript, Account Transcript, Record of Account Transcript, and Wage & Income Transcript.  Which one has these codes on it?

[Pitbullmama6]

I didn't see any codes on mine, but I did see "injured spouse" with a date next to it.  I assume this means they received my form on the date they listed. I also sent my form in by itself after my taxes had been filed.  Do you see that on yours?

[Ariiyiike]

Click on records of account transcript and click on 2019 then read through. You will find code 971 which says injured spouse claim received.