Well my federal was accepted on the 31st of January and it is now friday the 9th and my where is my refund still says processing why is that?

[mesquitebean]

Only the IRS will know what they are doing with your return.  All returns are not processed at the same speed.  Some items they check more closely, and some are pulled at random for more scrutiny or for fraud checks.

Also, if you have EIC (earned income credit, aka EITC) or ACTC (additional child tax credit), the IRS will not start releasing those refunds until February 15.  That means people with those types of credits may not start receiving their refunds until around February 27.

When everything goes routinely, the IRS  says 9 out of 10 filers who efile and choose direct deposit will get their refunds within 21 days (except what I stated above for that mandated PATH Act delay of EIC and ACTC returns in early February each year.)