@Michelleb1480 wrote:
This is my first year filing an injured spouse claim because we were recently married so this is all new to me. How long does it generally take to receive your refund? I filed March 2 and have kept checking his child support login to see if his ex-wife has been given any of our return which she hasn’t. I also received both letters one for him and one for me and at first was hopeful that she was getting half and I was getting the other half but this doesn’t appear to be the case.
About 11 weeks if e-file and 14 weeks of paper filed NORMALLY but the IRS is not processing mail at all currently and any hand processing that the 8379 requires is almost stopped. So no telling how long.
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**NOTE*** Due to the Corona virus the IRS is operating short staffed. All field offices are closed and some processing centers are all but closed. Any tax return that requires hand processing will probably have long delays. Mailed returns are not being processed at all at this time. Most phone service has been curtailed.
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue
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**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.**
