topic Re: Refund Delayed over 8 months in Tax law changes

Refund Delayed over 8 months

Mcat8 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:35:47 GMT

I filed my taxes in February in hopes of getting my return to take care of overdue bills. No such luck. At the end of April I went online to find I needed to verify my identity. Ok. No problem, done. In June I get a letter stating that the irs needs an additional 60 days to process my refund, but note nothing is wrong. I called the entire month of august to see what was going on and finally got an actual person around 8/30/24. At which time I was told that they can hold it up to 120 days bc they froze my account after the I’d verification and it probably wouldn’t be until October 4 bc I was also picked for review. What does that mean, not audit, a review?

Re: Refund Delayed over 8 months

Bsch4477 — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 19:10:59 GMT

The IRS reviews some federal tax returns to determine if income, expenses, and credits are reported accurately.

Re: Refund Delayed over 8 months

RRiether — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:59:05 GMT

I've been doing taxes for 15 years and this is not uncommon for IRS to do a review. But I would recommend a few things - if you are filing as self employed I would make sure you have your records in order - the other suggestion would be to get a notarized letter from a tax professional stating any changes on this tax return that are different from last year and send it to your IRS local office.

Re: Refund Delayed over 8 months

WS13 — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:54:19 GMT

Call the taxpayer advocate in your state. They are a division of the IRS but they will generally solve your issue.