Is there a refund delay? Multiple people are saying they didn’t get there’s when they had a child credit and was supposed to be the first week of March?

[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.  

[shelbychristine0206]

YEAH I FILED ON FEB 12 AND IT WAS ACCEPTED THE 13 OF FEBRUARY AND IT SAID I SHOULD HAVE GOT IT BY THE 5TH OF MARCH AND I STILL HAVENT GOT IT AND WHEN I CHECK WHERE MY REFRUND IS ON THE IRS WEBPAGE ITS BEEN SAYING THAT ITS STILL BEING PROCESSED FOR LIKE A WEEK ALMOST TWO NOW..?

[Cass0317]

@shelbychristine0206 While we at TurboTax have no way of finding out specific information about the processing of an individual tax return once it's been transmitted to the government, it's more likely that they started sending out returns with EITC included in them on March 5th, but it will take some time for them to get through all of them and get all the refunds sent out. Everyone's tax return situation is different so the time frame will vary.

Please bear in mind that the IRS doesn't always move as fast as taxpayer would like (especially when waiting for a refund). Any taxpayer who reports certain items of income (such as self-employment) or certain tax credits (such as dependent care) can experience longer wait times for the IRS to process their tax return, and ultimately issue a tax refund. Updates on the IRS Where’s My Refund? tool are done daily usually overnight on the IRS site, hopefully you will see that update soon.

Please see the TurboTax Article below for more information:

Why do some refunds take longer than others?