If you do not have a federal tax refund the IRS website for a refund status would not be of any use.
If you mailed your tax return and did not use a tracking service from the US Post Office you will not have any verification that the IRS received your tax return.
The IRS was not processing any paper tax returns for several months due to the pandemic and limited staffing. They have only just recently started to process approximately 11 million paper return in the order they were received.
Go to this IRS website for information - https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue
We’re experiencing delays in processing paper tax returns due to limited staffing. If you already filed a paper return, we will process it in the order we received it.
Do not file a second tax return or contact the IRS about the status of your return.
