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The irs is on a four day weekend. Lets all pray that they have rested enough to
come back with all of us a direct deposit date. Just wishful thinking.
1800 num# not down check there
@blahhhhhhhhhh- then maybe my app will work tomorrow. I haven’t tried tonight on my phone to see if its working.
the Where's My Refund (WMR) and WMAR are NOT down for the weekend. The irs simply took down and deactivated the links from the main pages for the weekend. If you have accessed either the original wheres my refund or wheres my amended refund recently go through your browser history and look for the site that starts sa1.www4.irs.gov and go to it. It will load the page for original or amended returns. I have a feeling the just said there would be an outage because there is no one there to answer phone calls.
Looks like wmr is down for the long weekend, maybe just maybe, they’ll fix there crappy server so all of us will get ddd next week.
I come get on this site daily and read people’s post to get through this crisis of the IRS holding our money, and giving us all kinds of different reasons for this hold up. I will continue to check this site until my refund is issued I filed 2/14 and just this week was told by my TA that my hold was taken off may 18th and to call next week for my refund date. This site informed me to contact my congressman in which I did and his office took my case I also was informed on this site to obtain a TA in which I did and also on this site was informed to contact the senator’s office in which i did. And in doing all those things I have three case numbers with the TA’s office in my area, and finally have gotten answers and movement on my account. I really apprecaite this site and with out it I would have been totally lost. So lets keep the good information going it’s called paying it forward
This site has turned from something that helped keep my hopes up..but has lately turned into something people use to talk bad and down on others…I know all this mess is enough to drive a person negative..but were all in this the same we should be working together
I am shocked and disgusted by the ignorant racial slurs, slandering, and references implied here tonight. This is suppose to be a wholesome site. I will not be back in here. You guys have turned an informative financial crutch into a tasteless trashy creation.
I don’t think I even want to come back to this site I rather figure this out on my own ignorant people like @ some guy from Colorado and No Politics Here person who just want to have something to say cause they have issues.
u know i come on this site for friendly feedback adive nd support as im sure alot of people here do as well. there is no need for negativity its just a waste of energy and time and anything negative should be ignored. lets remeber why we here. i hope every body n this site gets their money soon ill be praying for u all. well as for me im still in processing hopefully after the 27th ill get a update. well bless u all and i hope i see alot people get their ddd
@ SOME GUY FROM COLORADO …….DEVIL GOT YOUR SOUL
I haven’t really done anything to help anybody but would it be rude to ask for a “Cup o’ Joe”? If the owners of this site can do it, why can’t I?
There are some very informative people on the post that are very nice maybe at the time you
post your question the person that can answer it isn’t here. Me personally I only answer question
that I have knowledge of rather than misinform someone. We are alll here for the same reason it
has been a stressful tax season for all. Praying we all receive our refund
be blessed everyone.
@Ramirez no once you have chosen direct deposits and that card
is no longer accepting dd the will mail you a check. Several have pposted
that they received their check in four days.
Show me the money I did get a response earlier i thought I mentioned that anyways thanks I guess I was frustrated sorry.
@Lindalou I sent you a reply @1:49pm check the post.
can I still direct deposit my refund to a prepaid card besides greendot because they no longer accepted deposits from irs this season
Britney I am wondering the same my credits posted may 13th
I don’t get my questions answered all the time sometimes people who have knowledge of your question are not here to answer when u asked I still ask tho and maybe wait for someone else to ask similar question yeah there are cliques who seem to only talk to certain people it seems
I don’t really mean to seem negative but it would be nice to get a response I did get one that was nice.
What does it mean when you call the hotline, and it says my credits were applied on April 15, but today it says my credits were applied May 9th
Hey oc I’ve asked several questions which I see all the time never got a reply seen some but not to me all I see is a bunch of wining
@Nathan that TA sounded rude. to me people need their money and decent help. i hope she helps u and not slack off. i hope u get your money soon as well s everybody else on this forum. as for me im still waiting and stuck in still processing hell.
Day 113
I feel for all of you. I just filed last Friday..and hope I don’t have to go through what you guys have. I know the Education credit caused a lot of delays. Is there any other common circumstance that seems to be leading to issues or the 4883C ? Thx and good luck.
Lloyd, I hope you the best buddy but don’t relax yet. This is IRS we are talking about here. They are all hiding behind a system like rats. They can give us all kinds of nonsense reasons just to give us run around. As I said, we can’t touch them. So, they are sticking it to us. Like you, I never had any sort of problem with tax refund. Within 2 weeks of filing, it would be in my bank account. However, this year I am forced wait. It has been over 2 months now and still there is no sign of my tax refund. I called a lady at the IRS and she told me I will get my refund 6 weeks from 4/1/2013. It is now 5/22/2013. I try to call today but I was put on hold for over 2 fu*king hours and still no one answer. Because I was at work, I had to hang up the phone. I am getting too tired of this mind game irs is playing us.
@Anonymous 1 800 829 0922 you have to have your cpo5 letter because it has a pin number to access your summary
So as of this Monday it is now 5 weeks, no check today, so I called after a long series of telephone numbers and being transferred 3x to accounts department. I spoke to a nice lady named Miss Brown, she says my refund is on hold, I should have gotten a letter but I did not. She says it can take 30-60 days for me to get my refund. Well it is 5 weeks now so that makes about 24 days and counting. I am in between jobs, over 50, live with mom, go to school full time online, I got to use the education credits with part of my tuition being refunded for the first time. I applied on 4.12.13, had to fix errors, then it was accepted on 4.15.13. Craziness, but at least I called, got through and now know what is going on. This is the first time ever that I have ever had my refund on hold for review, but…it will be here…eventually. Sucks. Waiting and waiting and waiting.
@ Cpo5er from GA….What phone # do you call to hear your account summary?
@Cpo5er from GA what # are you calling to get detailed acct info..thanks
I’m sure glad the IRS has my tax return and there processing it. Wonder how many more weeks it will be. There telling me everything looks good, just wait. What a crock
Here’s my story
Filed 1/30 find out there’s a hold on edu. credit until 2/15 called irs on 3/1 told I should receive cpo5 letter 3/18 received letter 3/15 time frame for letter ended on 5/2. 5/2 nothing called on 5/3 put in referral told it takes 30 days. 5/6 requested TA, TA called 5/10 she said she seen no reason why it hadn’t been released she would contact them she then called me back on 5/14 told me to fax 1098t form faxed to her on 5/16 she said she would give them a week from the 17th to respond. I called the irs on 5/21 hold still had not be lifted I called again on yesterday for the first time since I filed the rep gave me a DDD of 5/28. I could not believe it so I checked Where's My Refund (WMR) still generic message. I then called to get a detailed summary of my account and it said for the first time that my refund is scheduled to be deposited on 5/28. Woke up this morning and Where's My Refund (WMR) had updated to two bars and DDD of 5/28. So in my experience I would say the TA helped me.
Mine was processed May 3 still no refund. Called my TA today and she put me in my place, said “I told you your next contact from me would be May 31!”
If return was processed on may 13th how long after to receive refund.
@linda Lou what do you mean “you people”? Lol I’m joking but in all seriousness there are people here who’ve been waiting months for money they/we earned. We all pay taxes and we all expect to get our refund in a timely manner. For a lot of people myself included our refund check is the largest lump sum of money we get all year and considering the economic climate today not getting the money when you expect it is a big deal. This is not the forum to come and judge people who are rightfully angry because we’ve been getting screwed over for months now. So please be a little more understanding before you make comments like that. Thanks.
I have called the irs once every week sometimes twice a week. Each time I called i’m told
everything is good with my return. If that is true then why won’t you send
my refund. I’m sick and tired of being told that and not seeing any
sign of progress.
@lyeirssa believe your TA i believe mine. I’ve been on this site since march and from what I have observed the TA’s have been honest in there review and what they tell you is true. So I only hope this remains to be true in both of our cases. I recieved a TA on 4/23 and was told earlier this week by my TA that the hold was taken off my account the 18th of May and to call her Tuesday for my deposit date
@Lindalou for some the ability to order transcript has been a positive sign.
On the other hand someone like myself it didn’t mean anything. I was able to
order both transcripts on 5/3 and still nothing.
Linda Lou, that is true, but what if you are in the brink of loosing everything and this tax refund can get you out of your mess you are in for the next three or even four months. The reason people are frustrated is because they worked real hard to earn this money and they are going to screw around with your hard-earned money when you should have gotten it by now. Please, give me a break. Linda Lou must be working for the government. She is trying to divert our attention away from this whole IRS mess. :)
@lyerissa LMAO … Love your respone :)…you made my day.
@AAAAAAAAAIneedmytaxrefund
Thanks Dad
nadia and maria had said for those who do not speak Spanish :
Nadia fl:good morning to all I have 4 weeks with this message we have received your refund is being processed and no change today I will call to see what they say, enviado1/30 letter 4883c verified three quarters no letter nothing today I will call irs to see what’s happening over two months I’ve been reading the comments and you have not taken action but it’s waiting for a long time that stress
and Maria response:
In this we expected much, I complete the February 2, 2013 and still have not received my refund, I received the 4883c 3/5, check the same week, on April 18 I received a 4664c and it’s been 35 days and no dd or letter any.
I did everything they asked by FEBUARY 20 and still I have no new info but the same generic message recieved and processing I call and all they say is I have to wait I come in here to read but there are so many different things posted I’m completely lost and don’t know what to do to get this resolved
@lyeirssa I am sorry about that, but we have to understand this is the government we are talking about. The one who takes what is rightfully theirs right out of our paycheck two times a month without our permission. Do you know IRS has their own court system? Why do you think they are so quick to audit businesses or individuals the instance they find inaccurate information in the tax filing? All in all, they are liars in my opinion.
I never knew about Ed credit till this year did 2012 got my money after about 35 days was told by irs I could file 2011 with Ed credit so sent it in about 4/25/13 started processing last Friday I could order transcript today do you think I could receive it soon could someone please reply wrote before no response.
I never knew about Ed credit till this year did 2012 got my money after about 35 days was told by irs I could file 2011 with Ed credit so sent it in about 4/25/13 started processing last Friday I could order transcript today do you think I could receive it soon could someone please reply
@Lomester5071verified3/7DDD5/24 I will mention this site to whomever I get to speak with. I am not taking this anymore. We have an obligation to the IRS. Yes, that is correct. But they have an obligation to us as well. We have to pay in no later than 4/15 or risk consequences. So, they have to refund no later than 4/15 of any overpayment, or risk consequences. Per my Lawyer’s words. And he is a “Tax Lawyer”. I will keep you all updated.
Ok well being I was sent letter 3500 saying I would hear reply by may 18 that did not happen..I called irs inly to be told they would contact me by Friday if not to call them..the I realized that is their furlough day and will be closed til Tues. So instead of calling the run around cycle again I decided to just contact my congressman and see if they can help…I have been patient since my Feb 7th filing date going by what they ask complying meanwhile not bothering them with calls.. I figured they would figure it out.well this is going beyond what they are asking so its time for answers…worrying about all this is stressful for all of us something gotta give
Maria and nadia fl english please!
@AAAAAHHHHHH_I_NEED_MY_TAX_REFUND- I filed a day after you, got a 5071c letter verified twice, there telling me to wait 6 weeks which would b June 17. I’m going to keep calling, last time I didn’t call I waited a month and had to reverify again.