Refund Status Changed From DDD 4/15 to 'Pending' on TurboTax - What Happened?

TurboTax and the IRS don't always sync their information in real time. The WMR tool pulls directly from IRS systems, while TurboTax is essentially making its best guess based on limited information. Since the WMR still shows your deposit date, I would trust that over TurboTax's status. The 'pending' status in TurboTax could be due to several reasons: • Their system might have temporarily lost connection with the IRS database • They could be experiencing a glitch in their tracking system • Sometimes they revert to 'pending' right before the deposit actually processes • There might have been a minor issue that's being resolved behind the scenes As long as the WMR tool (which comes directly from the IRS) shows your deposit date, you're probably fine. Check your bank account on or shortly after April 15th. If you don't see the deposit within 5 business days of your DDD, then you might want to contact the IRS.

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The IRS and TurboTax systems don't talk to each other in real time. I wouldn't worry about it. WMR is directly from the IRS so trust that more. TurboTax is just guessing based on the info it has. I had this happen two years in a row and both times my refund still showed up on time in my bank account.

Honestly anything that says direct from the IRS is what u want to believe. TurboTax has a ton of glitches this time of year because everyones checking their status. I had 3 different statuses showing at once last year - TT said pending, WMR said approved, IRS2Go said still processing lol. Got my $ on time tho

just call the irs and ask them

Check your transcript if you can access it online. That will tell you way more than TurboTax or even WMR. If you see code 846 with your DDD that's the official refund issued date and means your money is coming.

The IRS makes everything so freaking confusing with all these different systems showing different info. Why can't they all just be synced up?? And why is it so hard to talk to an actual human being there? Frustrating AF.

did you have any kind of tax offset or anything? sometimes that can cause status to change. do you owe back taxes or student loans?

Update your TurboTax app. Mine was doing the same thing and after I updated it showed the correct status again.

I work at a tax office (not TurboTax) and we see this ALL the time. TurboTax's status tracker is garbage - they literally just check WMR themselves and then display it in their app, but often it glitches or fails to update properly. As long as WMR shows your DDD you're fine.

i had the EXACT same issue this year. TurboTax changed from DDD to pending on me too but my refund hit my bank account right on schedule. Don't stress it.