Why has my return not been processed yet, it has been almost 72 hours and it still is not accepted or rejected by the irs at all. I have never had this issue before.

[CatinaT1]

There could be a couple of reasons why you might be experiencing a delay:

1. First, the status might be pending for security reasons. This may be a sign that someone is trying to use your identity to file a tax return. This can take up to 72 hours, after which your return will then be forwarded to the IRS, or if applicable, rejected. If rejected, you can then correct the rejection issue and resubmit. Please see this FAQ for reference.

2. Secondly, there could be a delay if your return has various refundable credits, such as the Earned Income Credit, Investment Credit, Energy Credits, or Business Credits. You may need to wait a few more days and check your filing status again. Please see this FAQ for additional information.

Note: Both instances may be applicable. That is, you could have a hold for security reasons first. And additionally for verification of the refundable credits in your return. In this case, delays might extend beyond 72 hours.

Additionally, if you have Form 5695 and claiming joint occupancy, the IRS will not be accepting these returns until 3/16/25. You can see this on this IRS site. The language you see below is from Row 39 of the Tax Year 2024 spreadsheet.

Taxpayers claiming Joint Occupancy on Form 5695 will have to file via paper if filing their return before the Form 5695 schema is updated in mid-March. This temporary limitation should only impact a subsection of Form 5695 filers.  For a preview of the TY24 draft form and instructions for Form 5695, please see the Draft tax forms on IRS.gov at https://www.irs.gov/draft-tax-forms. Submission of Forms 5695 that do not claim Joint Occupancy may be e-filed at the start of Processing Year 2025

[williamnoe583]

Has this been resolved?

[matthew2022]

Mine been in process for last 3 weeks turbo Tax estimate was for today 2/11/25 but it’s website says it haven’t been processed yet it’s still on the first bar out of 3 bars idk what going on was expecting it today not processing for 3 weeks and then another 3 weeks to get it 

[matthew2022]

I been going on 3 weeks now turbo tax says today 

[Hwachenheim]

Did u claim a kid or get earned income credit if so those can't be processed till after the 15th of feb

[jtoto28]

@matthew2022 turbo tax has been screwing everyone this year don’t trust a single word any one of their employees tells you. I filed on 1/15/25 they held my returns for 2.5 weeks and stuck in pending status with IRS. Found out that turbo tax was holding them and never even transmitted them to irs or the state. I re-filed my taxes through TaxACT and was immediately accepted and approved by irs. State accepted and approved in 4 hours. I received both my refunds within 5-7 after refiling.. Then TurboTax decided to reject my initial returns which didn’t even matter anyways. I got my filing fees refunded by TurboTax because of their software glitch. It’s happening to ALOT of people this year 

[jtoto28]

@Hwachenheim thats not true at all. TurboTax lying about that too. I had a form 5965 credit and two children claimed and had my taxes approved same day when re-filing with TaxACT on 1/30. Already got my refunds in my bank 

[Hwachenheim]

It's not turbo tax. It's the path act they made it a law a few years back that if you receive the child tax credit or earned income credit you can't get your refund back before Feb 14th. To prevent fraud which is crazy they are more worried about low income family's then billionaires and I'm not saying they don't release some cause I've heard people say they got theirs but it's litterly a law so their not suppose too 🤷 

[matthew2022]

Crazy brotha I don’t have kids and I didn’t qualify for the earned credit so it’s delay for who knows reason 

[Hwachenheim]

Did u claim kids? If so they don't start processing till the 14th of feb but normally after they approve i get mine the following week

[jtoto28]

@matthew2022 telling you bro take 30 min tonight and re-file through TaxACT. 

[matthew2022]

Can I refile on there even tho I did e file on here tax act I’ll give it a shot I got no dids and no earned income 

[jtoto28]

Yeah I filed through both with turbo tax still pending, my TaxACT submission got accepted right away and the old TurboTax just got rejected due to dual submission a week later. No issues

[Hwachenheim]

Mine did finally get accepted after 3 days in pending 

[MarilynG1]

Give it another day; 72 hours is not much time to process your Efile.  You'll receive an Email from TurboTax when your returns have been Efiled, and again when they have been Accepted. Here's a way to Check Efile Status.

If you Efile again, that return will be Rejected, since you already Efiled with your SSN.

@matthew2022