My tax refund

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
January 20, 2026
1 reply
0 views

Okay so I verified my identity for my tax refund from year 2021 on October 27th 2025. I read online that you can still receive your refund if it was filed and approved before the 3 year deadline. Can someone please let me know what is going on with that? Thanks

TurboTax Free Edition Online

MinhT1

Level 15

You can't claim a refund more than 3 years after the due date of your tax return.

For tax year 2021, the latest date to claim a refund is April 15, 2025.

For more information, please read this IRS document.

**Say "Thanks" by clicking the thumb icon in a post. **Mark the post that answers your question by clicking on "Mark as Best Answer"

Christiananthony95Author

Level 2

Even if I verified my identity? Because my refund was approved by TurboTax for that year.

DoninGA

Level 15

@Christiananthony95 wrote:

Even if I verified my identity? Because my refund was approved by TurboTax for that year.

TurboTax does approve tax refunds.

TurboTax only e-filed the return, it up to the IRS or State to Accept or Reject the tax return.

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.