Help Understanding My 2024 Tax Transcript: "Verification of Non-Filing" vs. Wage Transcript Confusion
I keep looking at my transcript and I feel like I'm trying to read hieroglyphics. I have no idea what any of these codes mean or what they're telling me about my refund status. Anyone here good at decoding these things? I'm starting to get really frustrated. I'm on the IRS website looking at my "Return Transcripts" section and it says "These transcripts show most line items from your Form 1040-series tax return as it was originally filed, including associated forms and schedules. Lending institutions offering mortgages often accept return transcripts." There's also something called a "Verification of Non-Filing Letter" which apparently "states that the IRS does not have a record of a processed tax return as of the letter's date. Either no tax return was filed for this year or your tax return is still being processed." Under "Available transcripts" I can see: 2024 Verification of Non-Filing Letter EN [PDF] 2023 Return Transcript [PDF] EN 2022 Return Transcript [PDF] EN 2021 Return Transcript [PDF] EN And then there's a "Wage & Income Transcripts" section that says "These transcripts show data from information returns, such as W-2s, 1098s, and 1099s reported to the IRS. The transcript may not be complete until all earnings are reported." Under that it shows "2024 Wage & Income Transcript EN" is available. I'm completely lost on what all this means. Does the "2024 Verification of Non-Filing Letter" mean they haven't processed my 2024 return yet? But if that's the case, why do they have my 2024 Wage & Income Transcript already? And what does the "EN" mean after each transcript type? I just want to know where my refund is and when I might get it. Does anyone know how to interpret all this information?
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Christian Burns
Understanding transcripts can be super confusing without the right knowledge. There are dozens of different codes and each one means something specific about your return's processing status. What particular codes are you seeing? That would help us give you better guidance.
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Jenna Sloan
Thanks for responding! tbh I'm not even sure which codes matter. There's like a whole bunch of numbers and dates that don't make any sense to me 😩
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Christian Burns
No worries! That's totally normal. The IRS doesn't exactly make this user friendly lol
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Sasha Reese
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Muhammad Hobbs
Does it actually work? These things always seem too good to be true 🤔
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Sasha Reese
It's legit! Basically uses AI to read your transcript and explains everything in plain English. Saved me hours of googling
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Muhammad Hobbs
Just tried it - holy cow where has this been all my life?! Finally understand whats going on with my refund!
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Noland Curtis
been there done that. its like trying to solve a rubiks cube blindfolded 🤡
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Diez Ellis
The IRS website has a lookup tool for transcript codes but honestly its about as helpful as a chocolate teapot 💅
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Vanessa Figueroa
LMAO chocolate teapot 🤣 accurate tho
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Abby Marshall
Your not alone, these transcripts are impossible to understand without help. I spent months trying to figure mine out last year
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Sadie Benitez
We really need a complete overhaul of how the IRS communicates with taxpayers. Its 2025 and were still using codes from the 1970s smh
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Drew Hathaway
Preach! 👏 The whole system needs to be modernized
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Sadie Benitez
Fr fr. Like why do we gotta be cryptologists just to understand our tax status
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