Here is a little trick:
let me guess, you keep getting the “due to extremely high call volume your call cannot be completed, thank you. Hang up...”. Or just a bunch of automated machines that say the same thing over and over and if you mess up one time it tells you to call back again with the correct information. If you are dealing with this issue I have been or similar ones like it then here is a trick I figured out.
I found out that you can actually schedule an appointment at a local office to discuss or find out about issues or concerns you have if over the phone is not working. So I found a way to do it by calling the “schedule appointment at a local IRS office” number. (Don’t worry your not actually going to visit). So I called and went through the automated responses and selected my local office. (St. Petersburg FL). It then transferred me to a real person to schedule the visit. They ask why you want to visit and I said “been 60 days and my return still says processing and online if it has been over 21 days you should call or speak to someone to research it.” Well who would have known that the schedulers also have access to research your file and she was able to do exactly what I wanted to do!
stop calling the generic number. Call the schedule in person visit number and you should get a person and much quicker.
if it works, then your welcome. 🙂
