It means the IRS has your tax return and they are still working on it. It has not yet been approved and you do not yet have a deposit date. The IRS is in control. When they decide to approve of your refund, they will give you a date.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901548-why-do-some-refunds-take-longer-than-others
https://www.irs.gov/refunds/tax-season-refund-frequently-asked-questions
IRS Is In control our money everybody has worked for all year to get a refund back and all they do is take their time giving our taxes owed to us. If we owe the IRS they charge us interest past when it’s to be paid by a certain day. How is that fair. IRS should have to pay interest everyday it’s late getting to the appropriate people
they say 21 days. That’s crap haven’t got my refund yet. It’s been filled out in February
IRS says they send out refunds out within 21 days. Well mine has been filed since February it was excepted and every time I’ve check on it still being processed. My state return was done in a week and federal takes as long as they won’t till they send it out. People really need their money during these times we are goin through really tough times and the government can even do their part in helping the USA. All they are worried about is helping other countries instead of our own country. Help your own people before helping other countries. They’ve never helped up before helping there own. How missed up and **bleep**ed up is that. So **bleep**ed up!!!!!!’
Mine was accepted and approved two after a after I e filed with turbo tax on 4/20 here it is two mths later and still saying processed 🤦🏼♀️
did u ever get yours? I’m stressing so very bad.
Turbo Tax only gives you an estimated date. The IRS usually pays most refunds within 21 days. But these are not normal times. This year is taking the IRS longer to send the refunds. There are millions more people filing returns to get the Stimulus payment.
See this news article on Refunds being delayed
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/where-is-my-damn-irs-tax-refund-new-answers-emerge-a...
Only the IRS can tell you. If your return was Accepted then check IRS Where's my refund
https://www.irs.gov/refunds/
When will you get your refund?
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refund-status/help/when-will-i-get-my-irs-tax-refund/01/25589
IRS - Questions about Refunds
https://www.irs.gov/refunds/tax-season-refund-frequently-asked-questions
From this IRS website - 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.
https://money.yahoo.com/taxpayers-waiting-to-get-last-years-tax-refund-190333088.html