Paper Tax Returns

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September 23, 2020
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I paper filed my federal and state tax returns in June and received a refund from CA about a month ago. It has been more than three months and I am not even sure if IRS received my returns. I only have USPS certified mail tracking proof that the paper returns were delivered to IRS Fresno facility. Talking to IRS representatives can take up to 2 hours and they may not be able to give any information other than what one can retrieve on line. Does anyone know the status of paper filed returns in California.

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Critter-3

Level 15

Did you mail the fed & state returns separately to the correct addresses for each of them ?

Fed : https://www.irs.gov/filing/california-where-to-file-addresses-for-taxpayers-and-tax-professionals

CA : https://www.ftb.ca.gov/help/contact/mailing-addresses.html

If you did then all you can do is WAIT patiently for the IRS to catch up on the 11 million + envelopes that piled up during and after the covid shut down ... expect a mailed in return to take much much longer than the usual 6 weeks. Check the IRS site one a week until you see your return is in the system. https://www.irs.gov/refunds

path1149Author

Level 2

Yes I did . In fact I got a refund from CA about a month ago and the Utah state tax was also processed. Just finished talking to an IRS representative. They also advice to just WAIT but do not resubmit the returns.