After you file

After 21 days, you can phone the IRS to see if you can learn what the delay is.

IRS:  800-829-1040  hours 7 AM - 7 PM local time Mon-Fri

When calling the IRS do not choose the first choice re: "Refund", or it will send you to an automated phone line.
 
First choose your language.
Then press 2 for "personal income tax".
Then press 1 for "form, tax history, or payment".  
Then press 3 "for all other questions."
Then press 2 "for all other questions."  It should then transfer you to an agent, but there is likely to be a long wait.

I usually use a speakerphone so I can work on something else while waiting.


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