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I posted an OPA to pay off my federal taxes, and had paid to fully file on April 4th, but my refund hasn't been filed yet. Why have my taxes not been filed?

I was charged to file on April 4th but my refund has not been filed to the IRS. I set up the OPA to pay off my federal taxes on April 15th. I just called the federal IRS to confirm my OPA and it is valid and active still. Why has my refund not been filed?
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I posted an OPA to pay off my federal taxes, and had paid to fully file on April 4th, but my refund hasn't been filed yet. Why have my taxes not been filed?

Paying the TurboTax account fees does not file the tax return.

 

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 Orange 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.

 

What is the status of your tax return?  If the status is anything other than Accepted and you did not print and mail the return then the tax return has not been filed.

I posted an OPA to pay off my federal taxes, and had paid to fully file on April 4th, but my refund hasn't been filed yet. Why have my taxes not been filed?

When I got in touch with the irs, they said if I e-filed, they typically receive it in 48 hours. My biggest problem, is that when I hit the Return and File or review and file button on the final step, it only gave me a pop up which gave me several options to pay off my federal taxes, one of which being apply for a payment plan which I did. But TurboTax failed to recognize that it was complete and thus I was never able to, or given the option to file. Can you please help me file this so I can dispute the penalty for filing late and receive my state tax refund?

I posted an OPA to pay off my federal taxes, and had paid to fully file on April 4th, but my refund hasn't been filed yet. Why have my taxes not been filed?

@thunderboy79 In the File section of the program on Step 2 where you have federal taxes owed select the option to Mail a Check.  Then continue to Step 3 to e-file the tax returns.

Since you already have an OPA, do not mail a check after e-filing.

 

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