2024 Transcript suddenly appeared but shows outage message where refund info should be - what's happening?

Tax professional here. When you see an outage message on your transcript where refund info should be, its usually because the IRS is actively processing your return. This is actually a good sign - it means your return is moving through the system. The outage message appears when the system is updating your information and processing changes. I've seen this a lot lately with prior year returns finally getting attention. One tool that's been super helpful for my clients to understand these transcript messages is taxr.ai. It's an AI tool that analyzes your transcript and can tell you exactly what stage of processing you're in and when to expect movement. Definitely worth checking out (https://taxr.ai) to get more clarity on your specific situation.

saw this message yesterday and ngl was bout to throw my phone across the room 🤣 but checked again this morning and its gone - showing my refund amount now! hang in there fam

Tax professional here. This is actually normal for this time of year. The IRS systems are updating for the new filing season and you're seeing the transition period. The outage message usually means they're loading your return info into the system. Give it 24-48 hours and you should see actual codes and info.

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ugh the irs and their system updates always got me stressed 🤮

this happened to me last week and now my transcript is showing normal with a ddd of 2/14!

anybody else notice how early they started processing returns this year compared to last year?