Why haven't I recieved my federal 2021 tax return? I recieved my state one but still have not gotten my federal one. They were rejected online so I printed and sent out.

[NCperson]

if you paper filed, the IRS is backlogged a good 6 months (maybe more) and represents 80% of the backlog.  Just be patient. 

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

As of June 1, 2022, we had 10.5 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 8.5 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 Tax Season Refund Frequently Asked Questions.

[bluedeb]

The IRS is backlogged so it is taken 6 months or more to process mailed in returns.  Hopefully, you put a tracker on your return so you would know when they receive it.  You can keep checking the IRS website, Where's My Refund, it would have information once the IRS has entered your return into their system.

https://www.irs.gov/refunds

[kelbyd1998-gmail]

Thank you for replying. Every time I try to check the status it says my information is wrong so I have no way of checking. 

[bluedeb]

@kelbyd1998-gmail  If the IRS website states your information is wrong, that means they have not yet entered your return in their system.  Since the backlog of the IRS it can take awhile for your return to show on the website.  The Where's My Refund updates only once a day so you can keep checking it for your information to show.