Received IRS Processing Delay Letter & Now Getting Michigan Treasury Tax Document - Filed in February, No Refunds Yet
Just got a letter from the IRS saying they need additional time to process my return. No explanation why, no timeframe given, just that they're working on it. Filed in February and still nothing. Anyone else get something like this? Starting to get worried. I checked the Informed Delivery app this morning at 10:33 and saw I'm getting another piece of mail today from the Michigan Department of Treasury (PO Box 30757, Lansing, MI 48909). The envelope is marked "IMPORTANT: TAX DOCUMENT ENCLOSED" with Presorted First-Class Mail postage paid by Michigan Dept. of Treasury. This is the second tax-related letter I've received recently. The first was from the IRS about needing more time to process my federal return, and now I'm getting something from the state treasury department too. I filed both my federal and state returns back in February through TurboTax, and I'm still waiting on both refunds. The IRS letter was super vague - just said they need additional time for processing with zero explanation of what the holdup is or when I might expect resolution. And now with this Michigan Treasury letter arriving today, I'm getting increasingly concerned. Has anyone dealt with both federal AND state processing delays like this? Is this normal this year or should I be worried about an audit or some other problem?
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Carmella Popescu
Tax pro here. This is actually pretty common right now. The IRS is dealing with a huge backlog and these letters are their way of saying 'we see you, but we're behind.' Usually means they're either verifying something or the return got flagged for manual review. Nothing to panic about yet.
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Lorenzo McCormick
Thanks for explaining! Any idea how long these reviews usually take? 😩
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Carmella Popescu
Honestly it varies wildly. Could be 2 weeks, could be 2 months. The system is super backed up rn
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Kai Santiago
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Dananyl Lear
got the same letter last week lol welcome to the club 🤡
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Noah huntAce420
its ridiculous how they can just hold are money with no explanation smh
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Ana Rusula
Fr fr the whole system is broken
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Fidel Carson
On month 8 of waiting. These letters are basically just them saying 'yeah we know we have your return' 🙄
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Lorenzo McCormick
8 MONTHS??? omg im gonna die
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Fidel Carson
yep welcome to IRS hell bestie ðŸ˜
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Isaiah Sanders
Try calling your local taxpayer advocate service. They might be able to help if its been more than 21 days since filing
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Xan Dae
Good luck getting through tho. Been on hold for 3 hours today 💀
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