I filed an IRS extension, it was approved. I also put in my banking information to pay but it has not gone through yet. How long should this take?

[mpossumato]

I checked and it has not gone through. My extension was confirmed but no payment was made, though I did enter all of my information. What do I do now? What happened?

[Rachel_W]

Because so many taxpayers file on the deadline, the IRS and State Tax Departments get backlogged so it takes extra time to process returns and payments.  They should catch up by the end of this week.

To confirm that your Extension was accepted by the IRS, click here:  https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/.

You can check to see if your direct debit has been made to the IRS by viewing your account on the IRS website:  https://www.irs.gov/payments/view-your-tax-account.  Click on the "Create or View Your Account" link.