Reply To: WMR Take Action Message

[madjon435]

Starting this thread to keep people updated who receive this message on WMR: Big red exclamation mark that says TAKE ACTION. Also says to contact them at 1-800-829-0582 x 319 and gives a reference #. No date regarding sending me any paperwork, so doesn’t seem to be same message as others are receiving regarding under review.

Background:
Had not filed 2010 or 2011 tax returns, received unemployment and did NOT have taxes taken out. I paper filed these with HRB when I filed my 2012 return. I owed almost $300 for 2010 nothing for 2011. I mailed these returns about 2 weeks ago and I am hoping that they have already received these, just not sure how long it will take to process these.
Filed with: HRB on the 1/19
Accepted: 1/30
WMR: Processing until today, received this awful update: TAKE ACTION
Order transcripts: Return transcript: Yes; 2012 on 2/1 No; 2010 (account transcript only), 2011 (neither)
Called offset # 1-800-304-3107 and has no record of offsets for myself or my husband.
Filling status:
2012: MFJ, 2 dependents, EIC and child tax credit
2011: MFJ, unemployment 1099 no dependents
2010: MFJ, unemployment 1099 no dependents

My situation is tricky and was somewhat prepared for a delay, but am still scared because I really need money right now.

[Jenny]

While I haven’t had that exact same situation, my husband and I a couple of years back had to amend 2 years worth of prior tax returns. They won’t release your current years tax return until the other years are processed.

I’m assuming since its been 2 weeks the IRS has them in their system, which put up a red flag to hold your current taxes until the prior years are done. I think they do this in case you are getting a refund they can take out any taxes or penalties out of your current one. Since they haven’t processed them they don’t know whether you do or not at this point.

I know ours took a couple of months to finally get processed, hopefully your don’t take that long.