This happened to me in March. My WMR never moved past the first bar, but my check arrived on March 15th. I filed on February 2nd, so it took exactly 41 days from filing to delivery. I had the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Credit on my return which always takes longer. The IRS is processing returns in batches this year, and many people in my situation are reporting the same experience - WMR not updating but checks arriving anyway.

I'm going through the exact same thing right now! Filed on February 8th and my WMR has been stuck on "Return Received" for over 3 weeks. It's so reassuring to hear that others have gotten their refunds even when WMR doesn't update - I was starting to think something was wrong with my return. I've been checking it multiple times a day like it's going to magically change! 😅 I'm definitely going to try checking my transcript like some of the others suggested. Thanks for posting this - it's nice to know I'm not alone in this frustrating waiting game. Fingers crossed we both get our checks soon!

I'm in the same boat! Just realized my PayPal hit about $2500 from selling old furniture and electronics. Quick question - what tax software are people using that handles 1099-K from personal sales well? I tried using FreeTaxUSA last year and it kept treating all my sales as business income.

I was in a very similar situation last year and want to share what I learned from my tax preparer. The key thing to understand is that the 1099-K is just an information document - it tells the IRS that you received payments, but it doesn't automatically mean all of that money is taxable income. For personal items sold at a loss (which is most household goods), you'll want to: 1. Keep a simple spreadsheet listing each item sold, what you estimate you originally paid, and what you sold it for 2. Report the 1099-K income on Schedule 1, Line 8z "Other Income" 3. Then subtract your cost basis (what you originally paid) right below it as a negative adjustment The IRS knows that people don't keep receipts for personal purchases from years ago. They accept reasonable estimates based on what similar items would have cost when new. Just be honest and conservative in your estimates. For your situation where you received $2,700 but estimate you originally paid $8,000, you'd show the $2,700 as income and then subtract $8,000 as cost basis, resulting in no additional tax owed since you sold everything at a loss. The important thing is to address the 1099-K on your return rather than ignoring it, since the IRS has a copy too.

Did you file married filing jointly? Sometimes if you're the secondary person on the return it goes to the primary person's account only.

I'm going through the exact same thing with Commerce Bank! My transcript shows refund sent on May 8th and still nothing in my account. Called Commerce twice and they keep saying no pending deposits, but based on what everyone's saying here it sounds like we just need to wait a few more business days. The timing with weekends really throws everything off. I'm trying not to panic but when you're counting on that money it's so stressful. Let me know if yours shows up - I'll do the same!

Thanks everyone for all the detailed recommendations! This has been incredibly helpful. I'm leaning towards the Fujitsu fi-8170 based on Molly's recommendation - the ultrasonic double-feed detection sounds perfect for our client document issues, and 70 ppm would be a huge upgrade from our current ancient scanner. @Skylar @Kelsey - the taxr.ai discussion is fascinating. I had no idea AI document processing had gotten that good for tax forms. Definitely going to look into that as an add-on once we get the new scanner up and running. @Norah @Jessica - same with the Claimyr service. We probably spend 10+ hours per week on IRS hold during busy season, so anything that can free up that time would pay for itself quickly. One more question for the group: for those using network-enabled scanners, do you have any security concerns with scanning sensitive tax documents over your office network? Our clients trust us with some pretty confidential stuff and I want to make sure we're not creating any vulnerabilities.

Just wanted to chime in as someone who went through this exact scanner shopping process last year! We ended up with the Fujitsu fi-8170 that Molly recommended and it's been fantastic. The speed difference during tax season was night and day compared to our old scanner. One tip I wish someone had told me - make sure to factor in the cost of replacement parts when budgeting. The pick rollers and separation pads need replacing every 200K-400K pages depending on usage. For the Fujitsu, a full maintenance kit runs about $150-200, which isn't bad considering how much we use it. Also seconding the security concerns Omar raised. We set ours up to scan directly to encrypted folders on our server rather than using cloud storage, just to keep everything in-house. The IT setup was straightforward but definitely worth having a professional configure it properly the first time. Good luck with whatever you choose - any of the scanners mentioned here will be a huge upgrade from what you're currently dealing with!

If ur doing this yourself, the actual calculation is pretty simple. The employer contribution is a business expense that reduces ur net income. So if ur in the 24% bracket, a $10k contribution saves u $2,400 in federal taxes plus whatever state tax u have. Just make sure u follow the limits - employer contribution can't exceed 25% of compensation for an S-corp. So with $62k salary, ur max employer contribution would be $15,500, plus ur employee contribution. Hopefully that helps!

This is exactly the kind of question I was wrestling with when I first elected S-corp status for my LLC! The key thing to understand is that employer contributions to your solo 401k are treated as a business deduction, which reduces your S-corp's net income before it flows through to your personal K-1. So in your case, that $10k employer contribution would reduce your business profit from $98k to $88k for tax purposes. This means you'll save taxes at your marginal rate on that $10k - so if you're in the 24% bracket, that's $2,400 in federal tax savings, plus any state tax savings. One thing to double-check: with your $62k salary, your maximum employer contribution would be 25% of that, which is $15,500. So your planned $10k contribution is well within limits. The employer contribution is definitely more tax-efficient than taking it as a distribution since it reduces your taxable income entirely, whereas a distribution would still be taxable income (though not subject to self-employment tax thanks to your S-corp election). I'd recommend running the numbers both ways - with and without the contribution - to see the exact impact on your tax situation. It's usually a no-brainer from a tax perspective!