When I checked 'Where Is My Refund' in www. irs.gov I am told my taxes are still being checked. Where is my refund?

[adorned1]

I receive message Federal e-file transmitted and accepted 03/12/21 and estimated refund date was 0402/21, not received yet?

[DoninGA]

The tax refund date is only an Estimate based on the IRS target of 21 days from accepting a tax return to issuing a tax refund.  In a normal year that would cover about 90% of the tax refunds.  This is NOT a normal tax year.

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

 As of May 15, 2021, we had 300,000 individual tax returns received prior to 2021 in the processing pipeline. Including current year returns, as of May 15, 2021, we had 16.4 million unprocessed individual returns in the pipeline. Unprocessed returns include 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.

[Nijekari1961]

where is my state refund

[DoninGA]

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@Nijekari1961 wrote:

where is my state refund

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Did you e-file your state tax return and was it accepted?

You complete your tax return by finishing all 3 Steps in the File section. In Step 3, to e-file your tax return, you must click on the large Orange button labeled "Transmit my returns now".

After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.

To check the status of an e-filed return, open up your desktop product or log into your TurboTax Online Account. You can find your status within the TurboTax product.

If accepted by the state use this TurboTax support FAQ to check the state tax refund status - https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899433-how-do-i-track-my-state-refund