My tax refund is last and it’s been over 3 months since I filed my taxes

[lavonclyde 1935]

When will I receive my refund?

[MrCollin]

Who knows we prob wont see them anytime soon. I paid like 130 dollars to file my taxes only because I had unemployment so they make you pay to file a 1099 for unemployment. Waste of money. Im doing H R Block next year.

[tdt24153]

We finally got my 2021 refund last week. Just putting it out there and got all we were expecting. Just in time too! 

[MrCollin]

I filed on January 21st and was accepted shortly after and I'm still waiting for mine. They sent me a letter in February saying 60 days. But 60 days came and went I called IRS and they told me it's 120 days. Then why the F... does the letter say 60 days. So here I am been waiting since January and the only thing they can tell me is to wait. But there is no telling them to wait when they want your taxes every paycheck. It's ridiculous. I have checked my Transcripts and I did get codes 570 and 971 shortly after I filed my taxes like the end of January those popped up on my Transcript. But I received a code 571 maybe a month ago and its suppose to mean Reverse Hold. But still no movement. The crazy part is, I'm a single filer with no kids. My refund isn't huge by any means as a single filer...

[SweetieJean]

@MrCollin  Only the IRS can tell you the reason for the hold up, but it's possible that the IRS never received the employer's copies of your W-2 forms, or that they never got the actual taxes withheld (dollars).  Or maybe you were selected for  random audit.

Going forward, you can change your withholding so that you do not have to wait for a refund at tax time.

[Khadim90]

I have not received my refund is been over 3months 

[xmasbaby0]

@Khadim90

First, check your e-file status to see if your return was accepted: 

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/

Once your federal return has been accepted by the IRS, only the IRS has any control.  TurboTax does not receive any updates from the IRS. Your ONLY source of information about your refund now is the IRS.

You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2021 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:   

https://www.irs.gov/refunds

To track your state refund:    

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899433-how-do-i-track-my-state-refund

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901548-why-do-some-refunds-take-longer-than-others

If you chose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your federal refund, that will take some extra time, while the third party bank handles the refund processing.

https://www.irs.gov/refunds/tax-season-refund-frequently-asked-questions

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2840013-does-accepted-mean-my-refund-is-approved

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2724106-my-return-is-accepted-but-still-not-approved-is-there-a-pr...

If you filed by mail, mailed returns are taking six months or more to be processed.

[fairis123]

I filed my taxes Feb 15, 2022 tried to trace by using where is my refund and no results.  how can i find out if they got it.

[VolvoGirl]

@fairis123  Did you efile it or mail it?  If you efiled see the post right above your question.  Was it Accepted?  If you mailed it the IRS is taking 6 months or more to process mailed returns.

[Kim1012]

I filed January 24th and still haven't got my return. TurboTax can't tell me anything. And I can't talk to anyone at the IRS

[NCperson]

@Kim1012 - did you paper file? if so assume it'll be 6-9 months from January.... 

[Kim1012]

No I efiled with TurboTax

[NCperson]

@Kim1012 

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue#coll...

As of May 27, 2022, we had 10.2 million unprocessed individual returns which include returns received before 2022, and new tax year 2021 returns. Of these, 2 million returns require error correction or other special handling, and 8.2 million are paper returns waiting to be reviewed and processed. This work does not typically require us to correspond with taxpayers but does require special handling by an IRS employee so, in these instances, it is taking the IRS more than 21 days to issue any related refund and in some cases this work could take 90 to 120 days. If a correction is made to any Recovery Rebate Credit, Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit or Additional Child Tax Credit claimed on the return, the IRS will send taxpayers an explanation. Taxpayers are encouraged to continue to check

[mesquitebean]

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@Kim1012 wrote:

I filed January 24th and still haven't got my return. TurboTax can't tell me anything. And I can't talk to anyone at the IRS

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Be sure your efiled return was accepted.  If you used Online TurboTax, you can log in and check at the Tax Home.  If you used desktop software, you can check from inside the desktop program.

If the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool at https://www.irs.gov/Refunds

says your return is "still being processed,"  you can follow the steps below if you want to phone the IRS to see if you can learn anything about the delay (they may or may not be able to tell you what the holdup is.)

I have found that for me it was best to call just before closing time--about 6:50-6:55 PM and go through the steps below.  I figured a lot of folks would not call that close to closing, and that if I was one of the last to get into the queue, they would finish off all the people who were in the queue at closing time.   I still had to wait about 25-30 minutes.   

IRS:  800-829-1040 (7AM-7 PM local time) Monday-Friday

When calling the IRS do not choose the first choice re: "Refund", or it will send you to an automated phone line.

• First choose your language.  Then listen to each menu before making the selection.
• Then press 2 for "personal income tax".
• Then press 1 for "form, tax history, or payment".  
• Then press 3 "for all other questions."
• Then press 2 "for all other questions." 
• It may then ask for your SSN, but do not enter it.  Just wait.    If it asks for SSN a second time, still do not enter it.
• Then it will get "tired", and you'll get another menu.  Choose 2 for "personal".
• Then in the next menu choose 4 for "all other inquiries", and it should transfer you to an agent but expect a long wait.
• I usually use a speakerphone so I can work on something else while waiting.

If you're having an economic hardship or can't get satisfactory information from an IRS agent, you can try contacting the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service for your area.    They are especially prone to help if you have an economic hardship, or if there have been continued delays with lack of info from the IRS.    At the following IRS website, find the USA map and click on your state, and it will give you the number of your IRS Taxpayer Advocate.    If the Taxpayer Advocate can't/won't help you, ask them to transfer you to an an IRS agent.  A couple of users reported that at least for them, that was a backdoor route to the IRS.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Contact-a-Local-Taxpayer-Advocate

Also see this article for more info on how the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service works::
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc104.html

[Kim1012]

It's been way past 120 days I just hope they're paying interest like they would force me to pay if I owe them