What's the timeline after getting a Taxpayer Advocate? Still waiting on refund

Tax professional here. The timeline varies greatly depending on your specific case. Generally, once a TAS case is accepted, it can take anywhere from 4-12 weeks for resolution. The advocate needs time to review your case, contact the appropriate IRS departments, and push for resolution.

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Im in the same boat. Been waiting 16 months, got an advocate 2 months ago and still crickets 🦗

Took 6 weeks after getting my advocate for the refund to hit my account. They had to fix some weird verification issue

Pro tip: Keep calling your advocate every week for updates. The squeaky wheel gets the grease 💅

My advocate was useless ngl. Ended up having to contact my congressman to get things moving

The waiting is brutal, I feel you! I'm going through something similar - been waiting 11 months for my refund and just got assigned an advocate last week. From what I've read, the 4-12 week timeframe that Malik mentioned seems pretty accurate. The advocate has to actually investigate what's causing the delay and work with different IRS departments to fix it. At least you're in the system now and have someone specifically working on your case. That's more progress than most people get! Keep us posted on how it goes.

I went through this exact situation last year. Got assigned a Taxpayer Advocate in March after waiting 13 months, and it took another 8 weeks before I saw any real movement. The advocate actually called me around week 5 to update me that they had identified the issue (some coding error on the IRS side) and were working to resolve it. Don't give up hope - 3 weeks is still early in the process. The advocate system really does work, it just moves at government speed unfortunately. Try to get the direct phone number for your specific advocate if you don't already have it, makes follow-up much easier.