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Did you e-file your tax return and was it accepted? Only the IRS and your State control when and if a Federal or State tax refund is Approved and Issued.   You complete your tax return by finishing all 3 Steps in the File section. In Step 3, to e-file your tax return, you must click on the large button labeled "Transmit my returns now".   After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.   Note - Once a tax return has been Accepted by the IRS or a State, TurboTax receives no further information concerning the tax return or the status of any tax refund.  Only the taxpayer listed on the tax return can obtain the status of a tax refund or a tax return.   To check the status of an e-filed return, open up your desktop product or log into your TurboTax Online Account. You can find your status within the TurboTax product. If accepted by the IRS use the federal tax refund website to check the refund status - https://www.irs.gov/refunds If accepted by the state use this TurboTax support FAQ to check the state tax refund status - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/track-state-refund/L3jgO8PGs_...   After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.

So....   Here's what happened.  After completing my Fed, Md, and WV returns I eFiled my Fed and Maryland returns with no issues.  When I started to eFile my WV  return,  TT took my $25 payment,  and then when I hit the eFile button TT immediately told me it couldn't eFile the WV return, because of the content of my WV return (e.g., I had checked the WV box that indicated I had an NRSR Home Sale Transaction).  So TT took my $25 and then essentially said "ooops, we can't eFile this return"... with no way to get a refund of the $25 filing fee.  I've tried following the various online suggestions on how to get a refund, but none of then worked in this case.  So, I'm going to try disputing the credit card charge for "merchant's failure to provide the agreed upon service".

So....   Here's what happened.  After completing my Fed, Md, and WV returns I eFiled my Fed and Maryland returns with no issues.  When I started to eFile my WV  return,  TT took my $25 payment,  and then when I hit the eFile button TT immediately told me it couldn't eFile the WV return, because of the content of my WV return (e.g., I had checked the WV box that indicated I had an NRSR Home Sale Transaction).  So TT took my $25 and then essentially said "ooops, we can't file this return"... with no way to get a refund of the $25 filing fee.  I've tried following the various online suggestions on how to get a refund, but none of then worked in this case.  So, I'm going to try disputing the credit card charge for "failure to provided the agreed upon service".

The IRS says it can take "up to 9 weeks" to get a refund after ID verification, but it's variable and can be sooner than that.     The IRS says that 2-3 weeks after verifying you can monitor occasionally with the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool. https://sa.www4.irs.gov/wmr/

This is a user community forum, open 24/7/365.   It is not a chat room; it works like a bulletin board.  However, there are rarely any tax experts posting in the forum in the middle of the night.    Go ahead and ask your question, and if someone can comment on it, then they will.   Just depends on the type of question, and if someone is familiar with it.   The forum becomes more active around 7 or 8 AM Eastern.  This is a public Internet forum, so don't post any personal info.

@williamsty676   asked:  "Has the irs accepted my refund yet?"   It depends on what you mean by "accepted."    "Accepted" is a term used for the efile status.  Or are you asking if the IRS has "approved" your refund?   If you recently efiled, you should get an efile results about 24-48 hours later (often sooner), that says if your efile is accepted or rejected.     Go to the Tax Home page.  What does it show about your efile; i.e., which of these terms:  pending, accepted, rejected, printed, started, or what?   If the Tax Home confirms that your efile was accepted for processing by the IRS, then what do you see at the IRS website when you use the "Where's My Refund" tool? https://sa.www4.irs.gov/wmr/   The IRS uses 3 stages in that tool: Return received and is processing Refund approved Refund sent and an expected deposit date.