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After you file
The IRS says it could take 12-16 weeks to process an amended income tax return. You can get confirmation, that the IRS has received your amended income tax return, through Where's My Amended Return?
- Three weeks after you mailed your amendment, you can start tracking its progress at the IRS Where's My Amended Return? site.
This is directly from the IRS website Amended Return Frequently Asked Questions | Internal Revenue ...
How long will it take to process an amended return?
- A Form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return can take up to 16 weeks to process once we receive it.
- Calling us will not speed up the processing time of your amended return. Our phone and walk-in representatives can only research the status of your amended return 16 weeks or more after you’ve mailed it; or if Where's My Amended Return? itself has directed you to contact us.
- Where's My Amended Return? follows the processing stages of your amended return from receipt until completion. It will tell you if your return is in received, adjusted, or completed status.
- We’ve received your amended return. We are processing it. It can take up to 16 weeks to complete processing.
- We’ve made an adjustment to your account. The adjustment will result in a refund, balance due, or in no tax change.
- We’ve completed processing your return. We’ve mailed you all the information connected to its processing.
- Where's My Amended Return? updates once a day, usually at night. You can check it daily.
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June 7, 2019
4:14 PM