LenaH
Employee Tax Expert

After you file

After your return is accepted, the next step is for the government to review your refund. During the review process, they look for math errors on your return (extremely rare in TurboTax) and check if you owe back taxes, unpaid child support, or other debts. If they need to make any corrections, they may offset (reduce) your refund. In some cases, the correction might even increase your refund.

 

Once that part's done, the government approves your refund, which means it's ready to be deposited or sent.  However, a lot of taxpayers are experiencing delays with the IRS approving refunds due to the IRS backlog right now. Although The IRS issues most refunds from e-filed returns in about 21 days, some returns take more time to review. In addition, the IRS is processing millions of returns, as well as stimulus checks, and they are doing everything they can to be as prompt as possible. 

 

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