What happens if you filed your taxes but never received your one of your refunds

[brandon7054]

I filed my 2019 taxes but never received my refund

[xmasbaby0]

There have been a lot of delays for 2019  federal refunds.  Did you mail your return or e-file?

If you mailed it:

MAILED RETURNS

If  you mail a tax return (or a payment) to the IRS, it is a good idea to use a mailing service that will track it like UPS or certified mail so you will know it was received.

When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s. 

TurboTax will not know anything about your mailed return, and will continue to show “Ready to Mail” on your account.  TurboTax will not know that you put your tax return in an envelope and took it to a mailbox.  TurboTax does not get updates on mailed  (or e-filed) returns.

The IRS refund site is only showing information about 2020 refunds now so it will not show anything about your 2019 refund.

Or......

Did you e-file?  Did you click a big orange button that said “Transmit my returns now?”

When you e-file your federal return you will receive two emails from TurboTax.  The first one will say that your return was submitted.  The second email will tell you if your federal return was accepted or rejected.  If you e-filed a state return, there will be a third email to tell you if the state accepted or rejected your state return.

Does your TT account say that your return was accepted?  Or does it say something else—like “rejected”, “printed” or “ready to mail?”  If it does not say accepted then it was not filed unless you put it in an envelope yourself and mailed it.

 TurboTax does not mail your tax return for you.

If your e-file was accepted:

The IRS refund site only displays information about 2020 refunds now, so you will not see any information there about your 2019 refund.

If you chose to have your fees deducted from your federal refund:

Santa Barbara Tax Products Group, LLC  (SBTPG) is the bank that handles the Refund Processing Service when you choose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your refund. This option also has an additional charge from the bank that processes the transaction. 

You can contact them SBTPG, toll-free, at 1-877-908-7228 or go to their secure website www.sbtpg.com 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2580357-who-provides-the-refund-processing-service

To call the IRS:IRS:  800-829-1040  hours 7 AM - 7 PM local time Mon-Fri

Listen to each menu before making the selection.

First choose your language. Press 1 for English.

Then do NOT choose the first choice re: "Refund", or it will send you to an automated phone line.

Instead, press 2 for "personal income tax".

Then press 1 for "form, tax history, or payment".  

Then press 3 "for all other questions."

Then press 2 "for all other questions."  It should then transfer you to an agent.

TAX ADVOCATE

At the following IRS website, find the USA map and click on your state, and it will give you the number of your area's IRS Taxpayer Advocate.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Contact-a-Local-Taxpayer-Advocate

Also see this article for more info on how the Taxpayer Advocate Service works::
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc104.html

[HelenC12]

Your refund may have been caused by a refund offset. This is when the government applies part or all of a taxpayer's refund towards the taxpayer's past-due income tax, child or spousal support, student loans, or state unemployment compensation debts or the government may have made a correction to your tax return.

To find out the status of your 2019 income tax return, contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040. Expect long delays. You may also try and see if your 2019 income tax return is in your IRS transcripts. If it is, you can see if your return was changed in any way by the IRS.

• A transcript contains most line items from your return and can be used if you need last year's AGI or other numbers from a previously-filed return. 
• Here's what a transcript looks like.
• To order, go to the IRS Get Transcript page and choose an option: online (same-day) or by mail (5–10 days). 

If the IRS has no record of it, you'll need to mail in your 2019 income tax return.

• See How do I access a prior year return?

[Bohannon97]

Yes I fill my 2019 tax return was waiting on my refund but I move and the mailman never front it two me

[Bohannon97]

How will I ever get my refund from 2019 ?

[xmasbaby0]

@Bohannon97

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refunds/help/how-do-i-replace-a-lost-or-damaged-tax-refund-check/0...

[Ebony A]

If you are saying that you believe the issue to be due to the fact that you moved, you will need to contact the IRS directly if your status in fact shows that a refund check was mailed. Contact details for the IRS can be found here @Bohannon97.