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I filed an amendment and have not heard anything from the IRS. I filed the amendment in April. I am still owed $2,000 from IRS.

isiehis — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:05:41 GMT

How do I get my money?

Re: I filed an amendment and have not heard anything from the IRS. I filed the amendment in April. I am still owed $2,000 from IRS.

DoninGA — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:12:35 GMT

If you printed, signed, dated and mailed the amended tax return, Form 1040X, to the IRS it will take quite a while for the IRS to process the amended tax return.

The IRS has not processed paper tax returns for several months due to the pandemic and limited staffing at the IRS. They have only recently started to process approximately 11 million paper returns in the order received.

See this IRS website for information - https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue

We’re experiencing delays in processing paper tax returns due to limited staffing. If you already filed a paper return, we will process it in the order we received it.

Do not file a second tax return or contact the IRS about the status of your return.

Go to this IRS website for the status of an amended federal tax return - https://www.irs.gov/filing/wheres-my-amended-return

Re: I filed an amendment and have not heard anything from the IRS. I filed the amendment in April. I am still owed $2,000 from IRS.

macuser_22 — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:18:36 GMT

You can check the status here:

https://www.irs.gov/filing/wheres-my-amended-return

Amended returns usually take about 4 months to process but this year because of the 10 week COVID-19 shutdown, mailed returns and amended returns are delayed because if the backlog so allow about 6 months to process so probably not before October.

Hopefully your original return was fully processed before you amended. You should also have mailed the amended return certified with return receipt or other tracking service for proof of delivery.