@KSQuinn No the IRS does not "have it in" for people who used TurboTax. The IRS does not know what tax software you used nor do they care. There are millions of people whose refunds are delayed. The reasons-----the IRS is backlogged from the pandemic. Add that to the millions of stimulus checks they have had to issue, and then add some mid-season tax law changes by Congress that required changes to tax forms and recalculation of millions of tax returns.
And.....yes, there are people who got quick refunds. But there are several things that can delay your refund---especially (but not limited to) the recovery rebate credit, unemployment or the premium tax credit.
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.
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