Is the IRS running way behind this year on refunds? I filed February 24 and no electronic deposit, yet. IRS Refund Tracker has no insight.

bmeneely — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:16:55 GMT

Re: Is the IRS running way behind this year on refunds? I filed February 24 and no electronic dep...

HelenC12 — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:29:21 GMT

Yes, they are. Per IRS, they have around 12 million tax returns that have been caught in a processing backlog created by the pandemic, which shut down the IRS for a time. Americans should see their refunds in the coming months. "We would hope to be through this backlog by the summer," said IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig.

All you can do is keep checking the IRS Where's My Refund page to see if your refund status has been updated.

Other reasons some returns take longer to process are the following:

Perhaps you had a refund offset.
Includes errors
Is incomplete
Is affected by identity theft or fraud
Includes a claim filed for an Earned Income Tax Credit or an Additional Child Tax Credit. See Q&A below.
Includes a Form 8379, which could take up to 14 weeks to process
Needs further review in general
The IRS will contact you by mail when we need more information to process your return.

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Is the IRS running way behind this year on refunds? I filed February 24 and no electronic deposit, yet. IRS Refund Tracker has no insight.

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