Deductions & credits

...guessing as to what you are asking about.........

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Did you get a CP267 from the IRS ???

 

IF so, the IRS may have a record of you making a tax payment for some tax year (should be in their notice as to which one)...

...BUT..they don't have a filed tax return for that year.

 

Did you actually file for the year they are questioning?

And did you have an accepted e-file for that tax return, OR did you mail file it?

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Note on terminology: 

 When the IRS refers to a tax "Return" ,   what they are referring to is the all the tax data you send to them......a Return is not referring to a "Refund"

 

Yes......a lot of folks asking questions in this forum mis-use the term...asking about a Return...when they really mean "Refund",

 

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*