Just got a 5071C letter. Our Federal return was accepted 1/14/19. idverify.irs.gov upchucked because our phone number couldn't be verified. They suggested to continue to receive yet another letter from the IRS (10 business days -- which in the real world translates to about three weeks). I used TurboTax to avoid this kind of crap. Thanks for nothing, I guess.
So, my questions are as follows:
1. How did Turbotax screw this up so thoroughly? This is the first time in 11 years of filing with Turbotax that we've run into this problem. The State return went through just fine, and we've already received our State refund.
2. Would calling the IRS number to verify run into the same stinking "upchuck" problem regarding our phone number?
3. Once the verification process has been completed, will it actually be 2-3 months before the return is processed?
4. And, as it seems after searching the web, will it be another 2-3 months after the return is processed before we receive our refund? This would put us into September or so, assuming the maximum amount of time the IRS seems to love to use when dealing with us plebeians.
5. Finally, is there any actual way to speed up this process? (I know that this is likely a stupid question, but there you go.)
