For tax returns only: The IRS has indicated your refund may take more than the normal 21 days if you:. If your return meets these criteria, the IRS will manually review your return, and it may take an additional 90 to days to receive your refund.
You can find additional details on the IRS website. Quickly paying out refunds causes concern for the IRS and the U. And rushing this process creates the opportunity for return errors and improper refunds. Specifically, Congress:. Both new rules mean that, for the first time, the IRS will have the information and the time it needs to question more returns before issuing refunds. In fact, several IRS compliance programs take or hold refunds for millions of taxpayers each year.
Here are some of the reasons why your tax refund may be delayed:. When the IRS issues refunds, it mainly takes or reduces offsets refunds when taxpayers have debts to pay.
Here are the two most common situations:. Taxpayers should call TOP at for answers. File an injured spouse claim using Form , Injured Spouse Allocation.
The IRS can hold your refund and request more information from you in several situations. When taxpayers e-file their returns, the e-file process catches many return errors and rejects the returns at the time of filing.
If you mail your return instead of e-filing it, the IRS is more likely to identify an error after the fact. The IRS can also change your return if you forget to include a corresponding schedule or form to support a deduction or credit. At that point, you would have to amend your return and follow up with the IRS to get your refund. You shouldn't file a second tax return or contact the IRS about the status of your return.
It also advises taxpayers to get in-person help at Taxpayer Assistance Centers. You can contact your local IRS office or call to make an appointment: You can also contact the Taxpayer Advocate Service if you're eligible for assistance by calling them: Though the chances of getting live assistance are slim, the IRS says you should only call the agency directly if it's been 21 days or more since you filed your taxes online, or if the Where's My Refund tool tells you to contact the IRS.
You can call: or during regular business hours. The code simply identifies the transaction as a refund from a filed tax return in the form of an electronic payment direct deposit. This would also apply to those receiving an automatic adjustment on their tax return or a refund due to March legislation on tax-free unemployment benefits.
If you see a instead of , it means your refund has been offset for delinquent debt. There are a couple of reasons that your refund would be mailed to you. Your money can only be electronically deposited into a bank account with your name, your spouse's name or a joint account. If that's not the reason, you may be getting multiple refund checks, and the IRS can only direct deposit up to three refunds to one account.
Additional refunds must be mailed. Also, your bank may reject the deposit and this would be the IRS' next best way to refund your money quickly. It's also important to note that for refunds, direct deposit isn't always automatic. Some are noticing that like the stimulus checks, the first few payments for the child tax credit were mailed. Just in case, parents should sign in to the IRS portal to check that the agency has their correct banking information.
If not, parents can add it for the next payment. For more information about your money, here's the latest on federal unemployment benefits and how the child tax credit could affect your taxes in Learn smart gadget and internet tips and tricks with our entertaining and ingenious how-tos. How to track your federal tax refund if it hasn't arrived yet If you just filed recently, you should know your federal tax refund check could take up to days to arrive. Katie Teague , Kelsey Fogarty.
Read more Moving soon? It's easy and free. The IRS admits it is only getting started processing paper returns because the stimulus program set it back several months. The agency suggests you keep checking Where's my Refund at www. You can also call the IRS at , but the agency admits that fewer than 10 percent of people have been able to get through, because it has been receiving millions of calls this year.
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