Help understanding IRS transcript code dates - do they show when codes change?
Can someone help me understand what the dates mean next to transaction codes in my transcripts? Not talking about the 846 code, but all the other ones. Do these dates show when one code switches to another code? Been staring at my transcript for hours trying to figure this out.
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Fatima Al-Mansour
Tax professional here! The dates next to transaction codes actually show when that specific action was processed or is scheduled to occur - not when codes change from one to another. Each code represents a distinct event in the processing of your return, and the date shows when that event happened or will happen.
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Giovanni Rossi
•omg thank u for explaining! So if I see a 570 dated 3/15, that means the hold started on 3/15?
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Fatima Al-Mansour
•Exactly! You're getting it 👍 The 570 date shows when the hold was placed.
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Dylan Evans
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StormChaser
lol ive been staring at these codes for months tryna figure out whats going on... its like trying to read hieroglyphics fr fr 😭
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Dmitry Petrov
The dates are when the IRS processed that specific action. But sometimes they can update retroactively so dont take the dates as set in stone
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Giovanni Rossi
•wait so they can change the dates after the fact? thats confusing af
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Ava Williams
Check your Where's My Refund tool too. Sometimes that gives clearer info than the transcript codes tbh
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Miguel Castro
•WMR hasnt updated for me in weeks, transcripts are the only thing that show movement
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Zainab Ibrahim
in the same boat rn... these transcripts might as well be written in ancient greek 🤣
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Connor O'Neill
•fr tho! IRS needs to make this stuff easier to understand for regular ppl
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