Why does it take so long? Because injured spouse must be hand processed and anything hand processed in the IRS takes time - a lot of time. Just the other day the IRS commissioner said that due to budget cuts 60% of all phone calls to the IRS either are never answered or hung up on and tax payers can expect long processing times due to lack of personal, so the 8-12 wee time last year might be much longer this year.
(Last year amended returns took about 12 weeks, this year the IRS says 16 weeks or longer).
**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**
