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Birdobird
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Why is the federal government delaying my federal tax ?

Why is my federal return taking so long to deliver my refund ?
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Why is the federal government delaying my federal tax ?

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 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.
If accepted by the IRS use the federal tax refund website to check the refund status - https://www.irs.gov/refunds

 

After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.

 

Call the IRS: 1-800-829-1040 hours 7 AM - 7 PM local time Monday-Friday

Vanessa A
Expert Alumni

Why is the federal government delaying my federal tax ?

There could be a number of reasons.  It can generally take up to 21 days for the IRS to process your refund.   If it has been longer than that, then you can contact the IRS to find out more information on the status and any reason for delay with your refund. 

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Birdobird
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Why is the federal government delaying my federal tax ?

I have received emails   Stating my state and federal taxes have been excepted. I did receive my state taxes   But my federal  I haven’t. It’s now  22day since i had filed   Why is it Taking so long ? My sister  and files on the same day. She reveled her federal 6 days ago.  

Vanessa A
Expert Alumni

Why is the federal government delaying my federal tax ?

Only the IRS can tell you why it is taking so long.  You will need to contact them if you did not get a letter yet stating why.  

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