I also filed my 2019 tax returns on April 11, 2020, I received my state refund almost immediately. However, I still have no federal tax return I've gone to the where's my refund IRS site, and below is what I got:
- verify your filing date;
- check with your tax preparer or tax software provider; or
- verify you received your electronically filed acknowledgment e-mail.
If you filed a complete and accurate tax return, your refund should be issued within 21 days of the received date. However, processing may take longer under certain circumstances.
I'm going into almost 3 months with no federal return the estimated refund date was 5/02/20 and I can't even get a hold of someone to talk to. My son filed on the 12th of April and he got both his state and Federal right away. I get that this Covid-19 has slowed things down and they have a ton of work. Why don't they hire more people? I'm sure that there are people out there that need jobs even temp jobs. I have to wonder when we are late paying our taxes we get fined or a penalty. It would be nice if the IRS would pay us for them being late in giving us back the taxes that we filed on time. I'm getting off my soapbox now. Thank you for hearing me.
