Where’s My Refund?
When does IRS accept tax returns in 2020?
This is the date the IRS began accepting tax returns on January 27, 2020.
When Can You File Taxes in 2020?
Most tax preparers will allow you to enter and submit your tax return beginning the first week of January 2020. You don’t need to wait for the IRS to start accepting tax returns to start, but you must have the proper forms and paperwork. Some forms are not available until mid January and some even later. When you submit your return before the IRS begins processing, it will sit in a “queue” and be held until the date that the IRS will officially accept tax returns. If you e-file early and it sits in queue, your return may be sent to the IRS early in a test batch. This has resulted in early direct deposits in the past, but also major glitches because they are tests after all.
Where is the IRS Refund Cycle Chart?
2020 Refund Cycle Chart
The most recent tax refund cycle charts have already been published. The official IRS tax refund cycle chart has been eliminated and replaced with an IRS Information Guidelines for the Tax Preparation Community publication and the IRS says the best way to check the status of your refund is using the Where’s My Refund tool. However, various websites with refund calendars for the 2020 tax season (2019 tax year) have been updated with 2020 direct deposit and check mailing dates.
When to Expect My Refund?
IRS Refund Schedule Charts typically show that early filers whose returns are accepted before the end of January can anticipate a tax refund direct deposit as early as the first week of February. The day that IRS deposits refunds varies but we notice trends that help you determine the time and days WMR updates and when your tax return is processed. This is an explanation and FAQ about when the IRS updates WMR and Transcripts.
The refund calendar by the College Investor is a good reference which has been updated for 2020 here: When To Expect My Tax Refund.
Tax Topic 152 Daily vs. Weekly Transcripts
Talk to a Human at the IRS PATH Act Delay
Transaction Codes State Refunds When Are Updates?
IRS Update Cycle for Transcripts and WMR
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@@#??QUESTION: I’m sorry to hear you’re going thru this, but you’re not alone, there are a lot of people struggling. 2020 has been a nightmare on so many levels. Feel free to come here and rant if it helps. Hopefully, you’ll see some resolution soon.
@2000vet: You’re not alone, there are still a lot of people stuck in limbo.
@Help!!: Good morning! I truly believe a lot of these departments are up and running but overwhelmed, and everything is moving at a turtle pace. Lets hope you see an update next time you cycle thru. :)
@Amy19: It could push out over the weekend, anything is possible, but if that date passes then its stuck and someone has got to get it manually going again. Some of these returns are just waiting on a agent to finish it off, and get the info entered, and once they do, then the as of date will push out again and place a refund code.
@Help!!: Check today and see if it stuck at a date. The system is trying to resolve something, or give itself more processing time.
@Nika911: Transcripts can go back a previous cycle or two when they’ve been mailed. Hopefully, the rep saw something pending that led her to believe it was going to be released. Let’s hope so.
@Help!!: Same thing happened to mine back in June. As of date pushed out twice in 1 day and snapped back by the end of the night. Then the next day it pushed back out to the further date but snapped back later on. My as of date finally changed again today to the 24th but only held a few hours before snapping back to 4/27 😞
@Sheila_33: im tryin to figure out why my transcritps came in blank last week when the rep just told me id receive .my refund end of aug. Which im asssuming thats what they told eveeybody right lol
Last week I finally had movement as of date changed from 4/27 to 8/24. Now this week it pushed out again to 8/31 … No sign of my amended return that I sent on 3/6 not even showing that it’s been received. Nor have I heard anything from the Tax Advocate office where I mailed my amended return and requested a Tax Advocate 8 weeks ago … I just give up I am over it maybe I’ll get 2 tax refunds next year since this year is almost over.
@Sheila_33: as of date snap back to June 🤯 still waiting for them to process my 8862 forms.
@Sheila_33: I just checked my transcripts again and the as of date Change again 2xs in one day is that a good sign? I think this happened to someone else a couple of months ago not sure. But still no new codes.
Update on mine. I filed in late January and I called late February and they said I had to file my 2015 which I did in 2017. Anyway I did mailed it and it was received in March. Still nothing in May so I contacted my congressman and his assistant was contacting me. I called the IRS a few weeks ago and they said I had a tax advocate. So I called him and he called back and said that both my returns were processed and he was waiting for the system to release my return and if it didn’t today then he would manually release it. Which he said could take a few more weeks. So I can’t check my transcript So I just wait until tomorrow to see if I update.
Finally my 2019 refund was release with 846 tc deposit date 08/19/2020. My TA really got it expedited in processing my 2016 return and that request was sent last friday. So glad for it to be finally over. Praying those still waiting get there’s soon. Have a blessed day.
My god I have been waiting since the first week of January for my tax refund I haven’t herd nothing about it since I faxed them all the information and proof they needed back in February for being audited what the hell is going on and I can get through to nobody it’s August it’s been 8 months dude
anyone with aug 14 date ,but no sent bar.no codes
can anybody help or having the same problem or am i alone
@Sheila_33:Thanks for your reply. If the as of date is Monday, 8/17, would they wait until Monday to push it out another week or two? I figured it was being worked on still with the as of date only 3 days away. Thanks again!
Here’s what’s going on (UPSET And LOSING MY MIND )
FILED TAXES EARLY 15JAN20,REQUSS DD AMEX SERVE
IRS RECIEVEED & STARTED Processing
PANDEMIC ,IRS CLOSED,WMR BLANK,NO INFO CODE,
MARCH,APRIL,MAY,JUNE,SAME ,WMR BLANK,NO NOTTING
NO LETTER ,EMAIL,CODE,
JUNE CONTACT STATE REP,NO REPLY,CALL OR EMAIL
JULY WK-1 WMR SAY RECIEVEED AND ONE BAR
JULY WK-2 WMR REC & PROCESSING ,ONE BAR,THEN DISAPPEAR
JULY WK-3 WMR BLANK ,NO CODE ,LETTER,NO REPLY FROM REP OR TA
JULY WK-4 WMR ACCEPT , Processing ONE BAR,NO CODE
AUG WK-1 WMR APROVED AMOUNT ,2ND BAR,NO CODE
AUG WK-2 WMR WILL Mail 14AUG20,REQUESSED DD,ALL INFO CORRECT ,SAME INFO AMEX SERVE ,ALSO WED.STATE REP SENT GENERIC Email REPLY ,NOTTING ABOUT IRS Refund
AUG WK-2 WMR Still SAYS 14AUG20,NO SENT BAR,NO DEPOSITS ,NO Reply OF ANY KIND
IT’S FRIDAY 14AUG20,STILL NOTTING
USED LITTLE MONEY I HAD JUST TO GET POWER & WATER BACK ON ,BUT STILL OWE,CAN’T MAKE RENT
I’M 52 ,AND CAN’T BELIEVE THE WORLD TODAY
WE CAN’T RESPECT EACH OTHER
WE UNDERMINED A VIRUS
WE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH IN THE WORLD AND LEARNED NOTTING ,SORRY JUST RANTING
PUTTING ON GASOLINE UNDERWEAR AND SITTING BY THE FIRE SMOKING A “J” ,
WAITING ,WAITING CAN’T DO NOTHING ELSE
MOVING IN WITH FRIENDS TO MAKE LIFE EASIER
WISHING EVERYONE THE BEST IN LIFE AND OTHER PROBLEMS IE HEALTH ,REFUND ETC.
LIVE LOVE LAUGH IT GOES BY Quick
IM DONE??BACK TO WAITING ??
TODAY IS 14AUG20 RIGHT ,JUST CHECKING
JULY
im going out on a limb to say manual release didnt work because I had no update.
@Sheila_33: good morning ☀️ My as of date finally moved out to Aug 24 I’m hoping it sticks 🤷🏻♀️ When I called in July they said the department that is handling my return would be open August 1st so I’m hoping this is a good sign or maybe it’s the rest of my stimulus.
Okay now IRS is stating that the exam department want be open until August 31. Bunch of BS!
@Amy19: I’m sorry, I’ve been watching to see if anything is moving for you. I was hoping to see that “as of” push out this morning, along with an 846 code. Good morning to you also.
@Stever: Keep an eye on that date, hopefully it sticks, fingers crossed.
Just called 1877 tax advocate because my guy is kinda hard to get a hold of. She said my case was assigned in july and there were recent “transactions” which she said implies someone is working on it, but she couldn’t say anything else
@Sheila_33: I am going to try and get and get a TA today. Thank you
No major change, but did move as of date from june 22 to aug 24 today. I’ll take any movement. TA said it was assigned to someone about 3 weeks/a month ago. Heres hoping, lord knows we could use it right now.
@Sheila_33: my amended as of date still says as of 8/17, no changes yet, 3/5 date still for both codes 971 & 977. I figured/hope to have the 846 showing with Monday being the 17th. I guess it will be pushed back. That’s my update. Have a good morning!
@Fe!!!!: They have transferred your return to another department for processing, possibly exam, and just may need to verify some information you submitted. I would consider getting an advocate and find out exactly what’s going on. They can at least look and see what the issue is and let you know if there are any steps you need to take.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f911.pdf
https://www.irs.gov/advocate/local-taxpayer-advocate
@Nika911: Always around, lol. Transcripts are basically the only thing that can give you a clue on what’s going on with your return. The only exception is when something is done manually, in the case of a expedited hardship.
Sorry if this is long. Spent 2 days on the phone with the IRS to go in circles. Filed Jan 2020 and TT did not complete Healthcare Market form. I got a letter right away and filled out and faxed the form in early February. My transcripts updated with the form information and new refund amount and all credit codes followed by a notice issued code dated Feb 4. I finally got the notice in early July telling me there was an error, it was fixed, the amount of my refund, which was more. Nothing since then. I called the IRS tax advocate line and was forwarded to accounts to have status checked. The lady who answered said it was not being released because of an open bankruptcy. I filed in 2018 and closed in 2018. 2018 taxes were sent to the trustee who paid me my share. Case closed, right? Nope. So back to tax advocate line. Turns out there was no follow up code entered showing my bankruptcy discharged so it appears to IRS that I have an open litigation. I called back to tax advocates who said bankruptcy department has not reopened. They sent me to offset line saying the code shows I have an offset and I need to find out who with. Offset line said nope, no offset, you’re clear. Sent me back to IRS where another agent tried telling me I needed to speak to the offset line. Talked right over me giving me their number even though I just told him they sent me to him. Called my attorney. He said give IRS a copy of my discharge notice. No help. Called the trustee who said sometimes these slip through the cracks and there’s nothing they can do, the IRS just needs to look and see their request was for 2018 only. Called back to a TA who basically told me I need to speak to bankruptcy department who is closed. She said though that in my 2 days, someone somewhere tried to manually release my refund and she couldn’t say it it would work or not. She also said if bankruptcy was open they could enter one code and my money would immediately be released. Go figure the one department I need to talk to is the only one closed. So, praying for an update in this week’s update but not holding my breath. 8 months and counting. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. How hard is it for them to see that it’s their mistake?
@Ricky bobby: i actually do look at my transcripts to see whats going om because i know what each code means im asking someone like shiel33 a vet on here maybe she could shed some light. She know like we all do theres been a hault so mime coming in black in the mail after all this time and what the reo told me maybe i could be seeing some movemnt . some of us can only figure out what they are doing on our transcripts so maybe were talking about two different ones but im refferring. To the one with code 846 on it at the end of processing when your getting refund. Thanks tho for r
Ur reply. @shiela33 ya in Here today?
Hello I received a letter today from IRS and it say we believe that office and can best process your request and answer your questions. LTR 86C. Does anyone knows what this mean? I never put in a request for nothing. Thank you all
Update I contacted the IRS and was told that they see that my documents have been received but give it more time bc the exam department is not open. I hope and pray that it don’t take to much longer to process. Does anyone know how it usually take after they receive the requested documents? I this year is very different from any other year filing taxes. I pray that everyone that is still waiting we all receive our tax refund soon.
@Ricky bobby: Your account transcript can give you an idea whats going on with your return as its processing. It can also add codes long after you’ve received your refund.
@Nika911: the transcripts are usually meant as a record of your account after it’s been finalized. Most people get one to just keep for financial records not to monitor something that is going to happen a few weeks into the future.
Last entry on my 2014 and 2015 transcripts say “Final Notice Before Tax Is Determined By IRS” with a date 7-14-2020.I Haven’t recieved any mail. Does anyone know how long this takes? Haven’t received my 2019 because i needed to file 2014 and 2015. Did that back in March and they haven’t gotten to it yet but now this notice
@Amy19: Good Luck Amy praying you get is soon
@keykey: Congrats on your amended refund finally processing! I am still waiting on mine, hoping they process it this week, the as of date is 8/17, sure hope they do not push it out further!
There is hope for all who is still waiting for tax return/stimulus check!!!! So, I originally filed my tax return in January 2020. Right away I realized that my tax preparer made a huge but small mistake. He added an extra digit in the withholding box smh. I received 4464C letter in February advising my wages/tax with-holdings will be under 60 day review. I went ahead & mailed amended return early March to office in Kansas City. Unfortunately Covid 19 hit us hard in March & IRS shut down. I was able to go to where’s my amended return website & confirm that it was received 3/9/20. Fast forward to July 2020 finally got a tax advocate who advise I can email him my amended return & he will do his best to have it expedited due to hardship. This past Saturday after nearly 8 mos of waiting FINALLY GOT A DDD FOR 8/12/20. Spoke to advocate today (who was calling to give me good news that I already knew about lol), to my surprise he hasn’t even had the time yet to forward the expedited request to IRS but someone finally did their job & processed it. Hopefully I get my money tomorrow & stimulus should follow. Good luck to you all!!!!
@Naniece: *only
@Nika911: Thanks… you right this is the time he has had anything show on wmr!!
@Sheila_33: Thanks a lot!!! You’re always helpful!!
@Naniece: Wmr reflects activity on the transcript, either because of the length of time processing, or something moving. Hopefully, its a positive and they are working on them. Fingers crossed.
@Naniece: it showed bars thats better nees than any if ya ask me i eouldnt ask no questions. At this point any bars is great news right now. Movement
@Sheila_33: hello ms shelia my husband filed his taxes in February and was told to filed his 2015 taxes, he did, but they have been on hold since then. Today when he checked wmr it showed bars which it never has… what do you think that mean
@Topsykrettes: im tryijg to figure ou y my transcripts came blank and says no 2019 filed but the rep tols me last week ill be getting my refund by the end of aug. Smh
@Sheila_33: Thank you checked today but no refund yet but I did see it went from as of April 27 to as of August 24.
@injuredspousestillwaiting: A tax advocate can put in a referral to have your refund released, but an IRS agent has to enter the information manually to place the code to release it and if its a hardship it can be manually released any day of the work week.
Transcripts s still being mailed blank. Sayin no 2019 return filed. Smh but rep just told me last week ill get myrefund by end of aug any help or ideas please
By the way been waiting for my refund since the end of January and had my stimulus taken to.Just got a TA
If you have a TA can they update your transcript any day if your a weekly or is it still only Fridays?
@Nika911: I second that about time it’s start meeting some of their own deadlines
@Topsykrettes: o ok cool . i dont know at thus point what the wording changing mean lol i jus want some concrete answers and movement ya know bout timw to file again and they guna be giving US TAX PAYERS deadlines to do that. Smh just want this to be over
@Nika911: Sunday I suppose I posted this as long as I seen it
@Topsykrettes: if u dont mind what day did it change. ? Sat or just now?
My wording change for me it is still being processed to it is being processed but I see no update
Hello I have a quick question if anyone has any wisdom to share :) . I received my 2019 tax return yesterday surprisingly. I sent 2017,2018 and 2019 at the same time and only received 2019 so I’m assuming the others will follow soon they just did a strange order but my question is since my 2019 has been processed should I also be expecting my stimulus soon or do you think I’d have to wait for all my returns to process . Also only reason I did 3 at a time was because I had a hard time getting my IP pin since my identity was stolen :( .
will interest be paid on back years tax refund ,they still had over days to process tax form in a timely manner
@Nikki_1220: The last I heard, they were trying to get stimulus checks sent out to people that hadn’t received theirs yet and also for those that didn’t get the full amount. So, I’m hoping a lot of those are for you all that are still waiting for a stimulus payment. Hard to say this year, since this year has been totally off the grid as far as being anywhere near normal.
@??QUESTION: I mailed them to Austin Tx received 03/04. I’m in Utah. My 2017 finished processing last Friday but 2016 hasn’t processed still blank transcript. You could try calling the Tas line and they should be able to give you the ta sup number and if not transfer you to the tas intake who can give you information. Hold was like 2 hrs. Better to call first thing in the morning. The ta line will give you a transfer pin to reference when they transfer you to intake. Also clarified with the Ta that the collections department are the ones who placed the hold on my 2019 for the missing years and are the only ones who can release the return. Hopefully this helps.
Well, there is finally some movement on my transcripts. Return was accepted on 2/5. Now I have codes-806, 766, 971 and 570. There is an as of date of Aug. 24th. I’m hoping they didn’t send out another notice which is the 971 code. We shall see :)
@Angelica85: what state are you from,I also mailed 2017 &2018 in the same envelope in early march ,still waiting ,only showing 2018 processing one bar and refund amount appear and disappear the whole july.no reply from irs,state rep or ta.STILL NO INFO ON 2017
from FL
mail to TX
My tax advocate finally called me and didn’t know why they hadn’t already completed my 2016 return and release my 2019 refund when both 2017 and 2016 were in the same envelope. They completed my 2017 but not 2016. So she had me fax her a copy so she can send to collection requesting the release of my return for 2019. Hoping to finally get out of this nightmare of a tax season. She said it should be quick and update in a week or two. Will see I mean I’ve already waited more than 7 months now.
@Sheila_33: hello mam I received my amended return now I was listening at my transcripts and it was saying that as of 8/24 and ajustement was made in the amount of 12 bucks lol but I’ve received my amended return on July 10 th could that be my stimulus
@Mom2ohio: contact sherrod Brown.. he helped me.. im in Ohio as well
Well still no refund, still no stimulus, still not contacted by advocate that I requested 3 times and my as of date still on May 11. But lets send out more stimulus and not do the work you already have ro finish.
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