Action Required Message on IRS Refund Tracker - No Letter Yet (Filed 1/21)

This is actually pretty common right now. The 'action required' message usually means they need to verify something. Could be identity verification, income verification, or they spotted a discrepancy. Keep checking your mail - letters can take 2-3 weeks to arrive. In the meantime, you can create an ID.me account and check your IRS account transcript to see if there are any specific codes or notices posted.

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Bruh im in the same boat filed 1/22 and got that message last week. This whole system is 🤡

Call the IRS early in the morning like 7am EST. Thats how I finally got through and found out they needed my 2021 AGI verification

Sometimes the letter gets lost in the mail fr. Happened to me last year and I had to request a copy. Took forrrrever

I actually got my letter yesterday after seeing that message for 3 weeks. They just needed me to verify my identity on ID.me. Once I did that it updated to approved within 48 hrs