Please explain what you did. If you were not legally married at the end of 2023, you were not allowed to file as married----not a joint return nor married filing separately. If you and your now "ex" were still legally married at the end of 2023, then you could choose to file married filing jointly or married filing separately. Either way---if you did that, it would have been impossible for you to e-file another 2023 tax return using your Social Security number. The IRS would reject it.
You do not "pay" a refund. A refund is the money you get back if you paid too much tax. You pay "tax due" if you did not have enough tax withheld from your paychecks, etc. You say that you filed again and paid---please explain how that happened and how you paid.
And...check your online account with the IRS to see what is shown there:
https://www.irs.gov/payments/view-your-tax-account
**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
