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May 1, 2020
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Federal refunds have not been received.

  • May 1, 2020
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Hello!  I have two different clients whose returns were e-filed and accepted by IRS on 3/23/2020.  They both called me recently saying that neither had received their refunds.  Both have received their State Refunds from Colorado and Arizona.  They have also received their stimulus payments.  They were the only two returns that I had that were accepted on that date. I directed both of them to check out their refund status on IRS.gov and they both replied that IRS said they were still processing.

I am just checking to see if anyone else has had that particular problem and especially with an acceptance date of 3/23/2020.  If so how would I go about correcting the problem?  I think my clients may have to sit on hold for a couple of hours to speak with an agent but if there is any other method of reaching out to IRS, please let me know!  Thanks! 

 

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Best answer by The-Tax-Lady

I have one return Accepted on 3/25 that is still processing. No apparent reason, also received State refund.

I have had a few with IRS refunds, the website said they were being offset, and then the client received the refund.

I think it's just a mess in IRS land and until they get back to work accepting calls, there isn't really anything you or the client can do.

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Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
May 1, 2020

They're either under review, or IRS cant match withholdings on the return with what the the employer reported, ID verification or they forgot to include the 1095A with their tax return.

In any of these situations, there's not much anyone can do until IRS reopens....they'll just have to wait for the IRS letter.

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Level 8
May 2, 2020

I have one return Accepted on 3/25 that is still processing. No apparent reason, also received State refund.

I have had a few with IRS refunds, the website said they were being offset, and then the client received the refund.

I think it's just a mess in IRS land and until they get back to work accepting calls, there isn't really anything you or the client can do.

Level 8
May 2, 2020

I had one that was filed and accepted on 03/17/2020. I checked on it last week and it showed it still in process.  The large refund was received yesterday.  There were no issues of any kind on the return.  Withholding was on a pension that had not changed in ten years.  The IRS employees have been furloughed for much of the last month and it is showing!