After you file

This is not a tax Practioner’s fault, ie turbo tax. This is because the IRS is so under funded that they cannot process the withholdings fast enough and finalize your tax transcripts in time to pay you. The IRS doesn’t know if you actually paid in the amount of tax that you are claiming. Once they have completed your tax transcripts, you will be paid. If you go to the IRS website and look at your IRS transcript, if the withholding transcript is blank, that is why.