Since the irs has not stated that they have received my return should I resend it

[shamayyah123]

Resend a mailed return or no when the status is not updated?

[VolvoGirl]

NO.  Do not mail it again.  The IRS is behind on updating their website.  Plan on 6 months or more for mailed returns.  The IRS is taking a lot longer this year.  All you can do is wait and be patient.  

[shamayyah123]

Got it. It would be nice if it said that somewhere so that way I didn’t assume it was lost in the mail somewhere 

[VolvoGirl]

Here's a couple IRS articles.  The IRS is still processing 2020 returns.  June 21, 2022 the IRS is almost done processing 2020 returns, filed in 2021.  See,

IRS continues work on inventory of tax returns; original tax returns filed in 2021 to be completed t...

And see

IRS Operations During COVID-19: Mission-critical functions continue | Internal Revenue Service