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There are various reasons your refund may take longer than 21 days. It’s important to remember that the IRS and state agencies distribute refunds, and TurboTax has no insight into why a refund is taking longer than the usual 21 days.
Claiming the following credits may delay refunds past 21 days:
Use the following articles to help your customer understand why refunds may take longer than 21 days.
Other things that can delay your refund include, but are not limited to:
Also, if you chose direct deposit, your financial institution may need another day or two to post the refund to your account, so keep that in mind.
Related Information:
Yhe IRS has been (and remains) seriously backlogged due to all the new tax laws and extra stimulus filings, as well as unprocessed 2019 returns still left over from the COVID shutdown. Lots of other folks are still waiting (some since mid-February), so please continue to be patient. Also see:
Tax refund delays could continue as backlog of tax returns is growing, tax advocate says - CBS News
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