Alright so I filed my return in February. It was accepted. My state return was in my account weeks later but I never got my federal. I did get a letter in the mail in March stating that the IRS needed to review my return and they had 60 days to do so and would request more info from me if needed.
Fast forward to July, still nothing from them so I finally call. Im told that there are no notes showing why my refund has not been released to me. The woman I spoke with said she had to send a referral to another department telling them they need to either release it or request more info if thats what they need. She also informed me that unfortinately, they'll have another 60 days to do this but she advised checking where's my refund every day incase it is released to me.
Now here we are in September. I call back to try to get info and this lady seemed more knowledgeable. She tells me the reason why it hasnt been released is because the federal withholding amount is more than what was reported. I thought that was quite odd so I find my w-2 and verify everything. The problem ended up being that I switched the federal withholding and social security withheld amounts. They just needed to be switched.
So I went through the amendment process and now it tells me to send a check for 1100 dollars. Did I need to do the amendment? Also what do I do since I don't have 1100 disposable dollars on hand? I feel completely lost now. I should add that the federal withholding amount went from 1100 to 0 as it should have been originally.
