Your tax return could only have been "accepted" on February 11---not 'approved." There is a difference between "accepted" and "approved." Only the IRS can approve your refund.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2840013-does-accepted-mean-my-refund-is-approved
There have been LOTS of delays for 2020 refunds due to the backlog at the IRS:
From this IRS website - https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue
As of May 15, 2021, we had 300,000 individual tax returns received prior to 2021 in the processing pipeline. Including current year returns, as of May 15, 2021, we had 16.4 million unprocessed individual returns in the pipeline. Unprocessed returns include those requiring correction to the Recovery Rebate Credit amount or validation of 2019 income used to figure the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC). This work does not require us to correspond with taxpayers but does require special handling by an IRS employee so, in these instances, it is taking the IRS more than 21 days to issue any related refund. If, as a result, a correction is made to any RRC, EITC or ACTC claimed on the return, the IRS will send taxpayers an explanation. Taxpayers are encouraged to continue to check Where’s My Refund? for their personalized refund status and can review Tax Season Refund Frequently Asked Questions.
https://money.yahoo.com/irs-employees-say-out-of-ink-printers-are-delaying-tax-returns-171522801.htm...
Called the IRS lately? Agency struggles to hire customer service reps despite pandemic unemployment ...
https://money.yahoo.com/taxpayers-waiting-to-get-last-years-tax-refund-190333088.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/where-is-my-damn-irs-tax-refund-new-answers-emerge-a...
The IRS will not talk to TurboTax about anyone's tax return. TurboTax cannot legally intercede with the IRS to find out anything about your refund. You paid to use do-it-yourself software, which you used. TT cannot find out about your refund. Only the IRS can tell you.
To call the IRS:IRS: 800-829-1040 hours 7 AM - 7 PM local time Mon-Fri
Listen to each menu before making the selection.
First choose your language. Press 1 for English.
Then do NOT choose the first choice re: "Refund", or it will send you to an automated phone line.
Instead, press 2 for "personal income tax".
Then press 1 for "form, tax history, or payment".
Then press 3 "for all other questions."
Then press 2 "for all other questions." It should then transfer you to an agent.
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