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posted Feb 16, 2020 9:49:27 PM

My refund got excepted and I never seen approved or irs processing no bats what does this mean

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Level 4
Feb 16, 2020 10:17:59 PM

We’re you an early filer? Did you get the EITC? Or the ACTC? When did you file? When was it “ACCEPTED”? 
It will go as followed

File, RECIEVED (by IRS), ACCEPTED (by IRS), then approved, then refund received. Most who efile and have direct deposit set up will receive there refund within 21 days of it being ACCEPTED, 2-3 days from being APPROVED. However due to the hold and delay from the PATH ACT refunds are delayed a little bit. Some statuses are going from accepted to showing the PATH message, then showing a message showing processing with NO BAR. If you have no bar it’s most likely being processed. 
Too many variables to answer your limited information question. Hope this helps