2024 Tax Transcript Shows "Return Not Present" Despite Head of Household Status Appearing - All Fields Empty with $0 Balances

I just checked my transcript for my 2024 tax return and I'm concerned about what I'm seeing. I requested it on 02-06-2025 and got the response the same day, but everything is showing up blank with $0.00 balances across the board. Here's what my account transcript shows: ``` Internal Revenue Service United States Department of the Treasury This Product Contains Sensitive Taxpayer Data Request Date: 02-06-2025 Response Date: 02-06-2025 Tracking Number Account Transcript FORM NUMBER: 1040 TAX PERIOD: Dec. 31, 2024 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: XXX ANY MINUS SIGN SHOWN BELOW SIGNIFIES A CREDIT AMOUNT --- ACCOUNT BALANCE: $0.00 ACCRUED INTEREST: $0.00 AS OF: Feb. 24, 2025 ACCRUED PENALTY: $0.00 AS OF: Feb. 24, 2025 ACCOUNT BALANCE PLUS ACCRUALS (this is not a payoff amount): $0.00 .. INFORMATION FROM THE RETURN OR AS ADJUSTED .. EXEMPTIONS: 00 FILING STATUS: Head of Household ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME: TAXABLE INCOME: TAX PER RETURN: SE TAXABLE INCOME TAXPAYER: SE TAXABLE INCOME SPOUSE: TOTAL SELF EMPLOYMENT TAX: RETURN NOT PRESENT FOR THIS ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS CODE EXPLANATION OF TRANSACTION CYCLE DATE AMOUNT No tax return filed This Product Contains Sensitive Taxpayer Data ``` As you can see, my filing status is Head of Household, but all the important fields are completely empty - no Adjusted Gross Income, no Taxable Income, no Tax Per Return, nothing for Self Employment Tax. At the bottom it says "RETURN NOT PRESENT FOR THIS ACCOUNT" and under transactions it shows "No tax return filed." This is really weird because I couldn't even access my transcript yesterday at all, but now today at 7:13 I can see it but everything's blank. It's not even showing as accepted yet even though I filed weeks ago. The system has clearly processed something because it knows my filing status is Head of Household, but nothing else seems to be there. Has anyone experienced this before or know what it means? I'm getting worried since this is my tax transcript we're talking about. Should I be concerned that it says "RETURN NOT PRESENT FOR THIS ACCOUNT" even though I definitely filed? Is this just a delay in the IRS systems or something more serious I need to address?

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Malia Ponder

The transcript you're seeing is a standard IRS Account Transcript format showing a pre-processing status. The key date markers - request and response date of 02-06-2025 - indicate this is a very recent transcript pull. The all-zero balances ($0.00 for account balance, accrued interest, and penalties) and empty fields for crucial items like Adjusted Gross Income and Taxable Income, combined with the "RETURN NOT PRESENT FOR THIS ACCOUNT" message, simply mean your 2024 return is in the initial staging phase. What's particularly noteworthy is that while the system recognizes your filing status as Head of Household, all financial fields are blank rather than showing zeros - this is the IRS's way of indicating they've created a placeholder for your return but haven't begun actual processing yet. The "No tax return filed" transaction status is their standard placeholder message during this brief window between submission and acceptance. The Feb. 24, 2025 date shown for accruals is the system's standard forward-looking date for potential future interest/penalties, but doesn't indicate any actual issues with your return. This is all typical for the 24-48 hour window after initial submission, before the IRS begins their formal processing.

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