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You should definitely contact your congressman/congresswoman's office! Not many people know this but they have dedicated staff who can help with federal agency issues including the IRS. I was stuck in limbo for months, called my representative's office, and they had someone from IRS contact me within a week. Refund followed shortly after. It's literally their job to help with this stuff!
Yep just call their local office (not DC) and ask to speak with whoever handles constituent services or casework. Explain your situation and that you've tried all the normal channels with no success. They'll probably have you fill out a privacy release form, then they'll contact the IRS on your behalf.
I work for a tax preperation company (not saying which one lol) and I can tell you we're seeing MASSIVE delays this year for refunds with EITC/ACTC. The official line from the IRS is they're "working through a backlog" but internally we know they're doing extra verification on almost all returns with those credits this year due to high fraud rates last year. Your return is probably sitting in a verification queue. Don't expect it anytime soon honestly.
Calling rarely helps unless you can actually get through to a human (almost impossible these days). If you can access your transcript and see a 570 code (refund hold) followed by a 971 (notice issued), then you probably need to respond to whatever they're asking for. Otherwise, it's just a waiting game. The system is completely overwhelmed.
check cashing places will usually cash tax refund checks with proper ID if you need the money immediately when it finally arrives. they charge a fee but sometimes its worth it to not wait for a bank to clear it
At least I'm not alone! Let me know if yours comes this week?
Call the Taxpayer Advocate Service! They're designed specifically to help with cases where you're experiencing financial hardship due to IRS delays. If you need this refund urgently, they may be able to expedite your case. Look up your local office online.
TAS won't take most refund delay cases right now unless you're about to be evicted or have utilities shut off. They're as overloaded as the rest of the IRS.
This might be a good time to adjust your withholding so you're not giving the government an interest-free loan every year that they can hold hostage. I know this doesn't help with your current situation, but for future reference, try to get your withholding as close as possible to what you'll actually owe.
I get what you're saying, but I claim my kids and get earned income credit, so I'll always get a refund no matter what. Plus I kind of like the forced savings since I'm terrible at setting money aside otherwise.
you need to verify if the irs actually recieved your return. i had this issue last year and it turns out my tax preparer submitted it but it got rejected for some reason and they never told me. i didnt find out until april when i called. check with whoever prepared your taxes!
I prepared them myself with software, and got the acceptance confirmation. But maybe I should double check...
Hey everyone- so I had almost the exact same issue a couple weeks ago. Like literally the same transcript situation. I used Claimyr to get through to an IRS agent (found them at claimyr.com) and the agent told me my return was flagged for manual review due to the education credits. Nothing I could do but wait, but at least I knew what was happening. My transcript finally updated last Friday and my refund hit my account yesterday. Sometimes you just need to talk to an actual human at the IRS to figure out what's happening.
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Jayden Reed
If u have a tax preparer u use regularly, they might be able to help advocate with the IRS for u! My H&R Block guy was able to call some special tax professional hotline and get my issue fixed when I had a similar problem.
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Nora Brooks
ā¢This! Tax professionals have access to the Practitioner Priority Service line which regular taxpayers can't use. They can sometimes resolve issues like this much faster than individuals can.
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Eli Wang
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Cassandra Moon
ā¢does it cost anything? the website doesn't make it clear.
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Eli Wang
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