IRS refund time
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Anonymous
| It is very strange this year. It has been more than 30 days since I have submitted my returns with IRS but they were accepted and not approved yet. Is it common for refund timeline for this year? |
Anonymous
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Did you know the DOGE came through the IRS last year and helped get rid of almost 30,000 IRS employees, plus turned off a bunch of their IT contracts at random? Don't expect anything to work there and don't bother to call, no one is answering the phone.
- former IRS employee |
Anonymous
| but my understanding is that refunds get accepted and approved by the system and human is not involved unless necessary. Are the refunds delayed for everyone this year? |
Anonymous
| Last year took several months, I assumed because I submitted right near the deadline and heavy volume. We filed a couple of weeks ago this year so I thought it would be quicker, but still nothing. |
Anonymous
| Yea who knows. When they take the $ it's immediate withdrawal from your account. We just did ours and are owed a lot of $ so we will see how long it'll take. |
Anonymous
| They should happen almost automatically, but if there are processing challenges or IT issues that need to be fixed the people who used to do that are either gone or doing a lot more work. Everything is very slow there now. |
Anonymous
| Op here. I e-filed and it is also direct deposit and the tracking site shows that it is accepted but not approved. |
Anonymous
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I got my refund in record time, 10 days! I was shocked. Try using the irs app, irs2go-
You can check status reliably. |
Anonymous
| tracking status is same whether you check it on desktop or app. |
Anonymous
| I am hearing mix info - some of them are on time and others are taking very long |
Anonymous
| I efiled via my accountant first week in March. She got acceptance letters from IRS and VA in 24 hours. I got the VA refund last Friday. IRS takes the amount we owe on April 15th. |
Anonymous
| Mine took about a week to get my direct deposit after submitting in late feb. |
Anonymous
Same! |
Anonymous
| I efiled my federal return on March 4th. My refund was direct deposited on March 10th. |
Anonymous
+2 |