Return Still Being Process After 3 Weeks and No Stimulus Check

[Cortzy23]

I have called the number every day and I start calling at 7 and the automated person comes on and says they aren’t taking calls during this time due to high call volume. I don’t know what to do it’s messed up. I need my refund and my stimulous bad. I’m about to be evicted and everything in 2 weeks if I can’t get the money. I need this.badly 

[carlakuglin-ck]

Same here was accepted Feb 12th and it's been in processing a date will be provided when available . It's been 6 weeks and I've heard nothing either and can't get ahold of no one. I find it hard to believe we all had something wrong with our taxes. I'm being evicted too with a new born baby and a 13 year old and needed this money bad as hell this year. They don't care it's BS. 

[jzinibi]

Same here I have called 4 different numbers and get thr same message. Can't take calls right now due to high call volume.

[lwalker1963]

I filed  before that and still have no refund, only reason I went with these clowns was I was out of state working and couldn't get to my accountant.  And there is noone you can talk to, that pisses me off more than anything. 

[NCperson]

@lwalker1963 - please read this article from the government 'watchdog' office... the issue is not TT, it's the IRS

https://www.gao.gov/blog/more-delays-ahead-pandemic-continues-slow-down-irs

[briiluraye]

I filed my taxes the week before they started accepting them. When TurboTax send mine on February 12th it got accepted! I have been in “processing” ever since then. I received my state refund like 2 weeks After filing in my bank account! So I have no clue what is going on!! I also have yet to receive stimulus for either one of my children any of the 3 payments!!!! 

now today I just got an email saying that TurboTax is charging me $80 to my bank account because of the IRS not issuing my refund yet !!? This is so frustrating!!! Like I have two kids and I  am a single mom this last year has not been easy by any means! I literally feel like they lost my return and just forgot about it.... this is awful!!

on top of everything you CANNOT get a live person when calling the IRS or the advocate service!! I’m running out of ideas here! 

[mreschke71]

This very thing happened happened to me.  I filed on 3/6. I did receive my MI return but no Federal and no stimulus.  I never received the second stimulus check either and had to claim it on my taxes. I heard that they maybe ONE of the reasons it’s taking so long.  I don’t know what the reason is for it not being processed yet all I know is I, like many others, could really use my return AND 3rd stimulus check. It’s been over a month since I filed! 😔

[mreschke71]

@NCperson 

Have you heard any reason why I wouldn’t have received my stimulus? I do qualify.  If the IRS is so busy getting those out and that’s why tax returns are being delayed I’m just wondering why I’m still waiting for mine.  I’m just curious if you have heard anything.  Thank you for any information you may have. 🙂

[Critter-3]

Several items can  delay the processing of the 2020 return ... some of which are :   

> unemployment

> repayment of the PTC

> stimulus credit  on line 30 of the 2020 form 1040

> if you used the 2019 earned income for the 2020 EIC &/or  CTC/ACTC

> if you have prior year balance dues or unfiled returns

> the info on the W-2 doesn't match what the employer sent in and/or the employer's W-2 is not yet on file

> a variety of other items that require humans to look at

Due to understaffing and overtasking at the IRS again this year many returns will be delayed for as much as months.  The aging computer system is being over taxed trying to process millions of  2019 returns and 2020 returns (some of which will need extra processing this year due to the late tax law changes)  AND putting out the third stimulus payments.  If you want to vent to someone then contact your  local congress person and demand they fund the IRS sufficiently so that they can hire enough people and update their computer systems to handle all of the demands made upon this agency.  The IRS  can only do so much with the continued reductions to their budget. 

[Lita221]

I’m having the same issue. I haven’t received any of the stimulus checks my return is still being processed and I feel like I’m going in circles and getting no help

[Critter-3]

There is nothing you can do but wait for the IRS to get to your return in the pile of millions of returns waiting to get processed. 

[Lita221]

I understand that and definitely know how back up they are but I’m more concerned with the thought that someone has used my identity because when I recently tried to file for regular unemployment comp (not pua) it says there is an account already collecting for pua…I’ve contacted several departments regarding this issue and not getting anywhere 

[DoninGA]

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@Lita221 wrote:

I understand that and definitely know how back up they are but I’m more concerned with the thought that someone has used my identity because when I recently tried to file for regular unemployment comp (not pua) it says there is an account already collecting for pua…I’ve contacted several departments regarding this issue and not getting anywhere 

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Go to this IRS website for information on unemployment fraud - https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/identity-theft-and-unemployment-benefits

[user34451234]

I'm in the exact same boat as you and it is so frustrating overwhelming it's I paid $70 to TurboTax still nothing no help no nothing as my taxes say they're accepted not approved accepted but it still says being processed and still no way of getting a hold of anybody so please yeah if you end up finding out something let me know if I do I'll let you know much appreciated

[DoninGA]

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@user34451234 wrote:

I'm in the exact same boat as you and it is so frustrating overwhelming it's I paid $70 to TurboTax still nothing no help no nothing as my taxes say they're accepted not approved accepted but it still says being processed and still no way of getting a hold of anybody so please yeah if you end up finding out something let me know if I do I'll let you know much appreciated

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Only the IRS and your State control when and if a Federal or State tax refund is Approved and Issued.

Once a tax return has been Accepted by the IRS or a State, TurboTax receives no further information concerning the tax return or the status of any tax refund. 

After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.
See this IRS website for federal tax refund FAQ's - https://www.irs.gov/refunds/tax-season-refund-frequently-asked-questions

The IRS is seriously behind in processing 2020 tax returns.  This is due to many factors, such as the pandemic, completing processing of millions of 2019 tax returns, stimulus payments, unemployment compensation exclusion tax refunds., changes in the tax code by Congress in the middle of the 2020 tax season and the like.

Millions of taxpayers have not yet received there federal tax refunds.

Go to this IRS website for operational status - https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue

As of June 23, 2021, we had 17.5 million unprocessed individual returns in the pipeline. Unprocessed returns include tax year 2020 returns such as those requiring correction to the Recovery Rebate Credit amount or validation of 2019 income used to figure the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC). This work does not 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. If, as a result, a correction is made to any RRC, EITC or ACTC claimed on the return, the IRS will send taxpayers an explanation. Taxpayers are encouraged to continue to check Where’s My Refund? for their personalized refund status and can review Tax Season Refund Frequently Asked Questions.