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Why does my mailed-in federal return status still say "ready to mail" if the IRS already reviewed it and I've already received my return?

 
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Why does my mailed-in federal return status still say "ready to mail" if the IRS already reviewed it and I've already received my return?

The IRS does not feed back the final status to TTX when you mail-file...

The IRS doesn't know what company computer file and account to send it to anyhow...TTX? H&RBlock? FastTAx? Credit karma? When you e-file, the IRS computers know exactly where, and to what computer it came  from.

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*

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Why does my mailed-in federal return status still say "ready to mail" if the IRS already reviewed it and I've already received my return?

The IRS does not feed back the final status to TTX when you mail-file...

The IRS doesn't know what company computer file and account to send it to anyhow...TTX? H&RBlock? FastTAx? Credit karma? When you e-file, the IRS computers know exactly where, and to what computer it came  from.

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
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