My tax refund was sent by mail on April 12th 2023. I opted to have a paper check instead of direct deposit. I'm in Northern California and getting a bit nervous since I've never had it take this long before. The IRS website says not to contact them until May 10th if I haven't received it yet, but I'm worried it might have gotten lost somewhere. Anyone know how long paper refunds typically take to arrive in NorCal? Never had any problems in previous years but this time seems different.

Filed my taxes back in April 2024 and haven't seen any movement for over 2 months. When I checked my transcripts they were completely blank! Called regular IRS number about 20 times with no luck getting through. Started getting worried because I'm behind on bills and counting on this refund. Finally decided to contact a Taxpayer Advocate because of financial hardship. The advocate confirmed I just needed to verify my identity and that my return was actually processing fine - just waiting on a refund date now. If your transcripts are showing weird codes or you're not getting updates for weeks, try reaching out to a TAS especially if you're facing hardship and need your money urgently. Definitely better than being in the dark for months.

Just a warning to everyone - don't send the IRS the same documents multiple times even if you think they didn't get them! I received a letter asking me to send in my W2 for verification about 4 weeks ago. I mailed everything right away. My Where's My Refund status had been showing "Your tax return is being processed" with 1 bar for the past week. I was feeling optimistic! Then this morning I checked and now it shows "We are reviewing your return" with ZERO bars. Freaked out and called the IRS this morning. The agent told me they received my W2 documentation but because I apparently sent it TWICE (I swear I only sent it once!), my entire processing started over from scratch. Now I have to wait ANOTHER 3 weeks minimum. Thank god my student loan disbursement comes this week or I'd be completely screwed for rent. Learn from my mistake!

Filed my taxes back in early February and finally got a direct deposit date of 4/15 on my transcript last week. I bank with Navy Federal and was wondering if anyone else with the same DDD has seen their money hit their account yet? Getting anxious since I've been waiting almost 2 months now and really need this money. Have checked my account like 50 times today and still nothing showing up. Anyone else in the same situation or did your refund come early?

I e-filed my taxes 5 weeks ago and still don't have any updates. Nothing on Where's My Refund, nothing on my transcript. I checked my transcript today and it shows a zero balance but doesn't even acknowledge that I filed for 2024. Here's what I'm seeing on my Internal Revenue Service transcript from the United States Department of the Treasury: FORM NUMBER: 1040 ACCOUNT BALANCE: 0.00 ACCRUED INTEREST: 0.00 ACCRUED PENALTY: 0.00 ACCOUNT BALANCE PLUS ACCRUALS (this is not a payoff amount): 0.00 ** INFORMATION FROM THE RETURN ** EXEMPTIONS: 00 FILING STATUS: Single ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME: [blank] TAXABLE INCOME: [blank] TAX PER RETURN: [blank] SE TAXABLE INCOME TAXPAYER: [blank] SE TAXABLE INCOME: [blank] My filing status shows as Single, but there's literally no other information - just zeros everywhere. No adjusted gross income, no taxable income, no tax per return. I'm supposed to get a refund of around $3,200. I got confirmation from my tax software that the IRS accepted my return on March 11, but there's absolutely no record of it on my transcript. The transcript clearly shows my filing status is Single, but all the other important fields are completely empty. Not even zeros - just blank spaces where my income and tax information should be. It's like the IRS has my basic information but none of the actual tax data I submitted. Did the IRS lose my return? Has anyone else experienced this? Should I just file again or wait longer? I'm really counting on this refund and getting worried that something went wrong with my filing.