If I never got my refund from the 2020 tax year, is there a way to indicate that while filling out my 2021 tax return?

[CoachTuck06]

I received my tax return back from 2020 in the summer due to forgetting to sign mine and my wife's name. I sent it back but still haven't gotten my refund yet.

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

No you do not indicate anywhere on your 2021 tax return that you are still waiting for your 2020 refund.   There is no place to put that.   Each tax year is separate.   You might have trouble e-filing 2021 if your 2020 AGI was not put in the system so use "zero" if it will not let you e-file.

Since you made a mistake and had to re-submit your mailed return, you are just going to have to wait until the very backlogged IRS gets around to processing the 2020 return.   It is taking them months to process mailed returns---when you filed without signing and had to re-submit, you put yourself at the back of the line again.

[CoachTuck06]

Thank you so much, @xmasbaby0! I see that I'll just have to keep waiting....