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After you file
There's no reason to necessarily be concerned, if your only indication on the status of your tax return is that it is still being processed. The bars on the IRS Where's My Refund? site change all of the time, as do the messages. Not all tax returns are identical, and so they move through the IRS processing system at various speeds. Other factors causing delays and increased refund processing times for many people this year are several new laws and executive orders that the IRS has been charged with implementing, including those of the PATH act.
"TurboTaxGeoffreyG , TurboTax Employee; CPA, EA, MBA"
Please see the TurboTax FAQ below for additional information:
Here is the general timeline of e-filed returns:
Transmission > Acceptance > Processing > Approval > Refund.
Why do some refunds take longer than others?