qbteachmt
Level 15

"That would lead me to believe the return was mailed and is sitting in a pile of unopened mail."

Maybe. But, I would recommend getting their tax transcript. It's just as likely the 2019 got rejected, too. And the client ignored the notice or didn't recognize what it meant. I would treat 2019 as "unknown until I learn directly."

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