Never received 2019 refund. still file in 2020?

[fred hanson]

Hello. Wonder if anyone here can help me. I helped my sons girlfriend file her taxes last year. She only made around $11k.
We sent a paper copy to the IRS in Fresno Cal. on July 2nd. 2020. she was due a $4oo refund. wheres my refund has no info on her at all. She hasn’t received her $600 2nd.stimulus payment either. My question is, Can She file her taxes for 2020 ( to keep her the loop for these stimulus payments), even though she has no idea what happened to her 2019 return? Thanks!

[Luna_Meadows87]

You can still E File 2020 successfully. At the end of tax preparation while choosing to E-File. when you have to enter your prior years AGI, Check the box that you did not file a return last year. ( Because as of now, to the IRS you have not. Until your mail is processed). So, I checked no return for previous year, entered my license information and it was accepted by the IRS a few hours later.

[Patiently freaking out]

In 2017 they held my hubs refund until 2019! He continued to file 2018, 2019 taxes and got them.

[Souline]

I’m not sure what’s going on with her 2019 taxes but I do recommend using freetaxusa. It’s only $12.95 to file both state and federal. I filed on 3/2 using them and I had my federal refund in my account by 3/5 and my state by 3/8. I highly recommend using them.

[thicks]

The IRS is still working on mailed paper returns for the 2019 filing year. She can still file 2020, though, I’m sure. It might help to use a tax preparer, like H&R Block or Jackson Hewitt.

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