Called IRS

[Anonymous]

Here is my situation again for anyone who hasn’t read it.

filed and was accepted on 1/21 and had bars for 5 days. Since then my bars are gone and I get the “We are still processing” thing. Transcripts give me the identity theft message. My husband is exactly the same. I called the IRS last week and was told nothing was wrong as far as the identity theft and that transcripts load after 14 days.

I just got off the phone with the IRS and was told as of 2/2 there was an error of some sort found (she couldn’t tell me what it was) and that my return would take up to 8 we TO BE RESOLVED and then possibly another 6-8 weeks to be released. I could have lost my mind when she told me this however I remained calm because she was so nice.

So now I’m wondering is this the generic line they are handing us or is it really going to be May before I get a refund. I’m beyond fed up at this point.

[Anonymous]

Amen Taxonomy! That’s awesome! More need to do exactly that!

[taxonomy]

Well, the good news if any is that they have 45 days from April 15 then they have to start paying interest – so in their good business sense (stop laughing hehe) we will all be paid by June 1st lol. Of course they have a bit of an out, they stop accruing interest 30 days before the time they issue the funds, so nobody has to be paid before July 1

However in my case, and I’d suggest it for anyone with time on their hands, I went back to 2011 and found some money I could have gotten there, and another year since then. One 1040x has already been “adjusted” and says I’ll have a letter within 3 weeks telling me all about it, but looking at the transcript for that year it shows a payout date of 2-23 so I should have that check in the mail by the end of the month. The other one will probably trigger an audit but the numbers are valid, so the more time they take, the more interest I’ll get. I’ll just wait until April 15th to mail that one (last possible date ever for a refund from 2011).

So by delaying me this year, they’ve cost the Treasury about 2 grand in unclaimed funds and interest (which seems to be around 5%) because if I got my damn money on time I wouldn’t have gone rooting around in past tax years for a little “revenge”.

Good luck all!

[mememememe]

I’m with you taxonomy…I’ve been filing my taxes for 25 years, NEVER had a problem, and I budgeted in this year’s return. We are depending on it.

I had planned (and still plan) to begin saving a significant amount this year (the first year I ever could) but can’t do so without this refund to settle debts and pay bills first.

[taxonomy]

I don’t know bgreen, I finally called today – day 21, and she told me I had to wait until day 22 which of course is actually day 25 with the weekend and Monday holiday. “I can’t give you any more information than you can see online” You mean you won’t as in can’t because you’ve been told not to.

Quite done with it to tell you the truth. I’ll check my netspend card once a day over the weekend, call on Tuesday, then check once a week just to remain sane. Like a fool I counted on the money this year – never again. I’m just going to hunker down in disaster mode and ride it out – too much lost opportunity time chasing it down this year, too many angry moments, too much BS.

Good luck to you though!

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