I submitted my tax return on March 2nd 2025 and the IRS has received it since then according to the tracking. It's been over 3 months and when I check the status online it still shows as "return received" but not processed. I was expecting about $4,300 back. I've checked my transcript several times and there's no updates at all. I called the IRS twice but couldn't get through to a human after waiting for hours. Has anyone else been waiting this long? Not sure what else I can do at this point.

I claim my two college kids as dependents, and they both work part-time while in school. They've always filed their own tax returns and typically get most of their state taxes refunded and a small federal refund. But this year was completely different - one got back only $4 from federal and the other actually had to pay $7 to the feds. Nothing major changed in their income or withholding from what I can tell. Did tax laws for dependent college students change for the 2024 filing year? Anyone else experiencing this with their college-age dependents?

Just received my Identity Verification letter with control number after waiting almost 3 weeks. Completed the verification right away and now the "Verify Return" alert on the IRS website has disappeared (thank goodness). My question is - how long should I expect to wait before seeing any updates or codes on my transcript? Mine is still completely empty with no information. I filed and got acceptance confirmation on March 5th.

I completed my in-person identity verification at the IRS office last Tuesday (August 8th) for my 2023 refund. The agent said everything was successful and I was good to go. But when I check the Where's My Refund tool, it's still showing the 'need to verify identity' notification and hasn't updated yet. Has anyone gone through this? How long did it take for your account to update after completing verification? The refund amount is about $4,800 and I'm really counting on it at this point. This whole verification process has already delayed things by almost 3 months!

So I filed my taxes in June and was expecting a pretty decent refund of around $4,200. I checked the Where's My Refund tool last week and it showed my refund was approved but then immediately said it was being applied to a previous tax debt. I never had any tax debt that I know of! Called IRS today and they told me that my refund was taken because we supposedly got too much from the advance Child Tax Credit payments in 2023, but that makes no sense. We have 3 kids (ages 3, 5, and 9) who lived with us the entire year. Our income for 2023 was about $68,000 so we definitely qualified for the full credit. How is this possible? Has anyone else had their refund snatched for apparently no reason? Do I need to file some kind of appeal? And if I do challenge this, does anyone know how long it might take to actually get my money back? This was supposed to help us catch up on bills and now were completely out of options.