You are to be paid out of refund, why is it taking over 3 weeks?

[csfitzer]

IRS accepted my return 2/20/21 but update states still processing, why so long?

[HelenC12]

Once your return is at the IRS, it’s out of our hands. Please see the following TurboTax FAQ on what you can do to find out the status of your tax return: 

• What if my IRS refund is taking longer than 21 days?

[csfitzer]

Would think with the cost I get get more than a pregenerated response. None of the IRS numbers are accepting calls. There has to be a way to find out what the hold up is.

[JeanneLO]

Unfortunately, the IRS has heavy volume of calls and working on a backlog from last year, the stimulus checks and this year tax return refunds. Until the IRS updates your status and releases your refund there won't be an update for it.

@csfitzer