Need Help With 60 Day Review

[Nikki]

Hi, everyone. I’ll try to keep this somewhat short if possible. I am at my wit’s end here.

My fiancé filed and was accepted on 2/3 with EITC. It’s a simple return with 2 W2s and no dependents. About a week ago he lost his bars and got the STILL being processed message with TT 152 and expected amount showing. After numerous calls to the IRS we have come to find out that he is under a 60 day review because of a wage discrepancy. One job has not sent in his W2 to the IRS yet and they said other job reported his income as $7500 when it was about $12k. His SSA account also shows the $7500 amount. His employer sent him his last paycheck of the year and confirmed that they did report his wages correctly (the $12k) and that everything was fine on their end but that they would resubmit it anyway. They also preemptively sent him a signed letter on company letterhead confirming his wages. We have to wait until March 5th to get a tax advocate as they stated he isn’t eligible for one until 4 weeks after the discrepancy was found, which was evidently on 2/4. What can we do to expedite this process? Neither of us have ever had anything like this happen and we are really hurting financially. I am homeless and he is about to be as well, and all of our bills are behind. Is there any additional documentation we should get while waiting on an advocate? Will making an in person appointment for the IRS help? What should he do about the other job that still hasn’t submitted his wages (which by the way was only for a 1 day working interview)? Any and all help is greatly appreciated and thank you if you read this post in full.

[Gofigure]

They called and found out

[Furious]

Where are you all finding your review code? I called today and was told I’m under 60 day review and should get a letter dated March 8, and couldn’t give me any more information.

[Elca]

This BS is them stalling. I purposely filed early because I’m an identity theft victim, so I have to beat the criminals who want to file in my name and yet I’m being treated like the criminal.

[Jeanna]

My refund was accepted January 28 and now it says I am being processed. I called and they said I was under a 60 day review that I should be getting a letter in stating that I am under the review. That the letters will go out around March 9. This is so upsetting.

[Bosslaydee]

He does not have to wait to get a tax advocate! Everything you listed from the letterhead and the check stub will be needed to submit to the tax advocate! I had this issue before and within two weeks of sending the documents I had my refund. I also contacted my congressman and they were a great help!

[OhioMom2020]

This 60 day review mess is totally unfounded. The IRS is buying extra time for whatever reason. I have reached out to local news stations and inform them that the IRS has been completely on efficient this year and as well as extremely uninformative!! We have to speak out and let the public know especially those who usually don’t get a tax refund like those that make a lot of money yearly, that people with children are being told that we are going to get our tax refund whenever we get them.

[Sumrae]

I made an ssa account and my wages haven’t been reported yet…if that becomes an issue then I will call ssa and see what I can do to speed up the process…you said your wages were reported but incorrect there is a number on the ssa if the wages were reported incorrectly…it’s definitely worth a try. My code for my review is 570… IRS said it was a random review to look over my credits more closely…the same credits I’ve claimed for years 🙄.

[Justin]

You’re homeless and he’s about to be? That’s sad

[Nikki]

@sumrae Thank you so much for the advice. This is so ridiculous. I’m sorry that you’re also under review. I’m sure that when we call the IRS between now and the end of the review process they will tell us that they can’t give us any information until after the 60 days are up. Do you think we should contact the SSA to correct his wages? Here’s to hoping that things start moving along for all of us.

[Sumrae]

I got my state (Mi.) too with 0 issues…it’s such BS.

[Sumrae]

I really wish I could give you good news here but like the previous post stated there are thousands of us. Make sure you respond to any discrepancies, id checks, etc found during the review promptly to keep it moving a long. Check you mail and wmr daily and I’m planning on calling the IRS once a week too. As far as your personal situation do a ton of research and see if there are any type of hardship grants/loans you qualify for. I wish you luck…this sucks.

[Nikki]

@OhioMom2020 I have noticed that this year. This is actually my first year on this forum and it’s been very helpful and informative. What’s strange to me is that he got his state (Connecticut) refund with 0 issues.

[OhioMom2020]

I’m not sure if you’ve been reading this forum long, but there are literally thousands of people under a 60 day review for various reasons this year. None of us know what is going on. We think the government just wants to hold on to people’s money that is getting a large refund back, a little longer. I was told there is nothing I can do and to just wait. So long story short there are many of us sitting around “under review “ that have no clue what’s going on.

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