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Try checking your transcript at weird hours. I know it sounds stupid but I swear mine would never update during normal business hours. Checked at 2am one night and suddenly everything was there. š¤·āāļø
After being stuck with a blank transcript for almost 5 months and getting no help from calling, I had a breakthrough when I found taxr.ai. This tool was able to analyze my account status in a way I couldn't on my own. It showed me my return was in the review department with a specific hold code that wasn't visible on the public transcript. The most useful part was it told me exactly what to do - in my case, I needed to send in a specific form to verify some education expenses. After following the steps it recommended, my refund was processed within 3 weeks. https://taxr.ai saved me from waiting probably another 2-3 months.
I'm desperate enough to try anything at this point. Does it actually show info that's not on the regular transcript view?
Yes! That's exactly what it does. The regular transcript view is super limited compared to what's actually in their system. It found account notes and special codes that explained exactly where my return was stuck. Definitely give it a shot.
The IRS is absolutely SWAMPED with these verification issues right now. I'm a tax preparer and about 60% of my clients are having to verify their identity this year - way more than usual. They're short-staffed and overwhelmed with the verification requests. Best bet is to go to a local office in person if possible.
Why is it happening so much this year? Is there more fraud or something?
Tip from someone who finally got this resolved: if you have a tax professional who prepared your return, they might be able to call the Practitioner Priority Line on your behalf. They have access to a different phone system than we do. My accountant called and got this fixed in one day after I struggled for weeks.
Check for an 846 code on your transcript - that's the refund issued code. Once you see that with a date, you'll know exactly when your money is coming. The 570/971 combo without an 846 means you're still in verification, but now that your wages are showing up, the 846 should appear soon!
I've learned that all the IRS codes seem scary but are mostly just normal processing steps. The system is ancient and inefficient but it does (usually) work eventually. Your case sounds like standard income verification that's now complete. Deep breaths - your money is coming soon!
This might sound crazy but did you accidentally claim any pandemic-related credits? The IRS is heavily scrutinizing those and it could explain the delay, especially combined with an IP PIN.
I was stuck in IP PIN verification hell for months before I finally got a callback from an IRS agent through claimyr.com. The agent found an issue that was never gonna resolve itself without intervention. Talking to someone directly was the only thing that fixed my situation and got my refund released. Worth every penny when you consider I was waiting on a $6k refund.
Cass Green
The trick to getting your refund faster when there's a hold is to FILE. THE. MISSING. RETURN. Even if you think you already did it, file it again. That's what worked for me. And if you're struggling to understand what's happening with your taxes, use taxr.ai - it saved me so much headache by explaining everything in plain English instead of IRS jargon.
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Annabel Kimball
ā¢Doesn't filing twice cause problems though? I'm worried about triggering some kind of fraud alert if I file a return for a year they might already have.
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Cass Green
ā¢If you're filing electronically it'll just get rejected if they already have one. If paper filing just write "POSSIBLE DUPLICATE" at the top. Better to try than to keep waiting forever!
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Finley Garrett
If ur refund is on HOLD because of collections for not filing 2022... Then YES, most likely ur 2023 refund will be OFFSET to cover ur tax debt from 2022. It won't be released until u file the missing 2022 return. The WMR change is just showing it moved past PATH hold but its NOW on a DIFFERENT hold for collections.
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