bert334
You appear to be confusing the terms "accepted" and "approved." "Accepted" merely refers to the initial efiling status. An efiled return is generally accepted or rejected in 24-48 hours. Then the IRS starts processing the return, which normally can take up to 21 days before a refund is approved, but can take longer.
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Your tax preparer would need to provide you info on whether the efile was accepted 24-48 hours after efiling. And if the preparer confirms the efile return was accepted for processing at the IRS, and it's been longer than 21 days, you can phone the IRS to ask about the delay. So you need to pin down the preparer on what all they did, and if they confirmed that the efiled return was accepted shortly after they efiled it.
