I am on the same boat. I have no idea what is going on and have pretty much given up. I have been told so many different things I don't know what is true and what is not. One rep asked me, "oh, you didn't get a letter?" I didn't know how to respond, my heart just sunk, panicked, everything. Told her no, what letter? What do you mean? What is going on? All she said was that I was randomly selected for a 45 day review starting March 11th. I asked why? What is this about? She said it is for anyone that claimed the earned income credit and child tax credit, right there I knew that was not true as there are people who claimed these credits and already have their refunds. Another told me it is to verify everything I put on my return. Another told me it could be any number of things and one told me it is to verify that I can claim all the credits I am claiming. All of this is between IRS reps and Tax advocate reps. The only thing I was told by all of them that was the same is that there is nothing for me to do right now other than wait is either my refund will get approved or I will get a letter. I have no idea what to do anymore, this has never happened to me before and I didn't file or claim anything differently than previous years. I am so frustrated and terrified I did something wrong. Right now, I am just trying to scrounge up every last penny I can, selling a lot of my stuff just to make ends meet. Single mom, three kids and was served court papers on a stupid loan that I was going to pay off with my refund. They said they'd work with me when things got really tight a few months ago. I was looking forward to this to give me a little breathing room and know we would be ok for the time being since I stopped getting child support and know idea when that will resume. I don't know whether to scream, cry, pull my hair out, call a lawyer or what. Never had this happen before and just so terrified. Never been in trouble or anything, I just want to be able to sleep again and focus on school which looks like I am going to have to quite now when I am so close to finishing. It's unbelievable, no one even has a clue what is going on.