The IRS advises that you should not file a second return. When you check online for the status of your return, you might be instructed to contact the IRS. You can keep checking online, and if the IRS sends you a letter seeking more information, you should respond as quickly as possible. There is nothing you can do to speed up your refund. Calling the IRS to find out information about the status of your return was a waste of your time, as it wouldn’t have accomplished anything.
Over 282 million calls were made to the IRS last year, but only 32 million were answered. (Note: The “Where’s My Refund” tool updates at night, so there is no need to check more than once each day.) Last year, that tool was used over 632 million times, but it doesn’t explain why the returns are being delayed or when the taxpayer should expect action to take place. You mentioned checking the status of your return online at IRS.gov.
Over the past decade, the IRS workforce has dropped by 17 percent while the number of individual returns filed has increased by 19 percent The pandemic caused further delays, and issues related to the recovery rebate credit and associated errors on over 11 million filed returns have slowed things down considerably. Is there anything we can do? Can someone sue the IRS?Īt the end of 2021, there were 6 million unprocessed original individual returns, 2.3 million unprocessed amended individual returns, over 2 million unprocessed employer’s quarterly tax returns, and approximately 5 million unprocessed pieces of taxpayer correspondence. The IRS is relentless when they are owed money, but they are “ghosting” taxpayers when the shoe is on the other foot. They say delays can be up to 8 weeks, but we’re coming up on 9 months with another filing season upon us. I continually read about staffing shortages at the IRS. The accounting firm says there is nothing they can do. When I check the IRS’s refund status website, it just says “processing.” Phone calls to the IRS all go unanswered. We haven’t gotten any type of letter indicating there is a problem or an error in our filing, and neither has our accounting firm. My husband and I filed our 2020 joint tax return electronically on May 5, 2021, and it was prepared professionally by an accounting firm. The agency says that it processes returns on a first-come, first-served basis.The short-staffed IRS is having problems keeping up with returns and refunds. The quickest way to get a refund is to file online early - again, taxpayers can submit their federal returns starting Jan. 1, 2022, and is still processing some corrections for people who paid too much in unemployment insurance taxes in 2020.Īdditionally, the agency remains short-staffed, and that staff is dealing with Covid-related tax changes like the third economic impact payments and child tax credit payments. The agency also recorded over 2 million amended returns as of Jan. That's millions more than the typical yearly backlog. To start, the agency still had 6 million unprocessed individual 2020 returns as of December 23, 2021, comprised mainly of those with errors made by the taxpayer and those with Recovery Rebate Credit amounts being corrected by the IRS. But this year it could take longer than that, for a few reasons. The IRS says most refunds are issued within 21 days of the return being filed.
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