Unemployment tax refund

[Normandrebecca]

My husband and I filed married filing joint on our 2020 tax returns and both of us were on unemployment for a part of that year and did our taxes before the law went through but we still have not yet received a refund. I would like to know when we should expect it

[xmasbaby0]

The most recent batch of unemployment refunds went out in late July 2021.   The IRS has not announced when the next batch will be sent out, but they are still working on them.

The IRS is recalculating refunds for people whose AGI is $150K or below and who filed before the tax law that changed the amount of unemployment that is taxable on a federal return became effective.   

The IRS began to send out the additional refund checks for tax withheld from unemployment in May.  The refunds are being sent out in batches—starting with the simplest returns first.   If you are eligible for the extra refund for federal tax that was withheld from your unemployment the IRS will be sending you an additional refund sometime during the next several months.  TurboTax cannot track or predict when it will be sent.  The IRS has not provided a way for you to track it, so all you can do is wait for the refund to arrive.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-topics/help/how-do-i-get-the-new-unemployment-benefits-if-i-ve...

Please read this news from the IRS:

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-continues-unemployment-compensation-adjustments-prepares-another-1-...

[ArthurJ]

Hello

I am happy to be here to answer your question for you.   Since you are married and I presume that you filed jointly and if you have taxable income on line 15 of your tax return and tax on line 24 of your return that you would be due a refund.  There are some other items that could enter into the equation.  The IRS is still correcting all tax returns with unemployment as of now.   If you don't hear from IRS by November 1st I would file an amended return if necessary.  

If you filed with Turbo Tax you may call Turbo Tax Live and we can verify your tax return information and let you know if you are due a refund.  I hope I have answered your question with the information you provided me.  It was a pleasure to help you.