Filed Amended Return on 2/27 - Still Not Showing on Transcript

I hate to be the bearer of not-great news, but... amended returns can take quite a while to process. In my experience, it's not unusual for them to take 8-12 weeks just to show up in the system, and that's before actual processing begins. The IRS is still working through a backlog from previous years, so everything is moving slower than the official timelines suggest. I wouldn't start worrying until at least mid-May, honestly.

I'm in the same boat. Filed an amended return on 2/15 and it's still not showing up. Here's what I've done so far: 1. Checked Where's My Amended Return tool - nothing 2. Pulled my transcript - nothing 3. Called the IRS general number - couldn't get through 4. Called the amended return specific line - 2+ hour wait time The website says to allow up to 3 weeks for electronic amendments to show up in their system and up to 16 weeks for processing. I'm at week 7 of waiting and still nothing. Has anyone had any success getting through to a person?

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Most amended returns take 16 weeks minimum. That's the official timeline. Some take longer. Especially this time of year. The IRS is swamped. Your February amendment might not show up until May or June. Be patient. Keep checking weekly, not daily.

I filed an amended return last year and made a critical mistake - I didn't keep copies of EVERYTHING I sent in. When the IRS finally processed it 20 weeks later, they claimed they never received one of my supporting documents and disallowed part of my amendment. I had to start the whole process over again! Now I keep digital AND physical copies of everything, with a detailed cover letter explaining each attachment. Has anyone else had documents "lost" during amendment processing? What did you do?

I was in this exact situation last month and found a workaround! Instead of waiting for the Where's My Amended Return tool to update, I requested a tax account transcript instead of a return transcript. For some reason, the account transcript showed my amendment was received a full week before it appeared anywhere else. It showed up as a TC 971 code with an amount of $0.00. Might be worth checking if you haven't already! I needed to know ASAP because I was closing on a house and needed to prove my correct income.

My amended return from January 18th just showed up on my transcript yesterday (April 2nd). That's 74 days of waiting just for it to appear in their system. And now the Where's My Amended Return tool says it could take until May 9th to process. The IRS is definitely not moving quickly on amendments this year. At least it's finally in the system though!

The community wisdom on amended returns is pretty consistent: they take forever, and that's when everything goes right. Have you checked if you can view your Record of Account transcript? Sometimes that shows pending amendments before the other transcript types. Also worth noting that if you amended because of an error the IRS might fix automatically (math errors, etc.), they sometimes just adjust your return without processing the amendment at all. Happened to me last year and I waited months before realizing they had already fixed the issue another way.