Tax Advocate Services (TAS) success stories & tips for expedited refund after PATH lift?
Finally got my refund released after 8 months by working with a Tax Advocate. If your facing hardship dont wait around - get help from TAS they can actually move things along. They helped identify the hold up and got it fixed in 2 weeks after I provided proof of hardship (past due utility bills). Don't suffer in silence yall.
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Sofía Rodríguez
This is great advice but important note: TAS has specific criteria for accepting cases. You need to demonstrate financial hardship (like eviction notice, utility shutoff, medical bills) or that the IRS delay is causing significant hardship. They're also extremely backlogged right now - average wait time is 4-6 weeks just to be assigned an advocate.
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Mei-Ling Chen
•True that! I had to fax them proof of my hardship. My electric was bout to get cut off fr fr 😩
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Aiden O'Connor
•how do you even get ahold of them? been calling for weeks straight no answer 🤡
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Sofía Rodríguez
•Try calling right when they open at 7am EST. Thats how I got through after trying for days 💯
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Zoe Papadopoulos
Instead of waiting around trying to get an advocate, I used taxr.ai and it literally told me exactly why my refund was held up and what to do. Only cost $1 and saved me weeks of stress. Check it out: https://taxr.ai
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Jamal Brown
•Fr? How does it work? Does it just read the transcript or what?
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Zoe Papadopoulos
•It analyzes everything - all codes, dates, amounts. Gives you a timeline prediction and exact steps to fix any issues. Way better than trying to decode it yourself
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Jamal Brown
•Just tried it and OMG where has this been all my life?! It told me exactly why my refund was delayed and when to expect it. Best dollar I ever spent no cap 😭
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Fatima Al-Rashid
been waiting 13 months and TAS wont even take my case smh
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Giovanni Rossi
What kind of proof of hardship did they accept? My landlord threatening eviction but its just a text message
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Mei-Ling Chen
•Get it in writing fam - like an official notice. They need documentation
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Aaliyah Jackson
Tax advocates are useless rn tbh. Mine ghosted me after 2 months 🤮
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KylieRose
•same boat, left me on read since november 💀
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Miguel Hernández
yall really think they doing anything? its all for show, they just telling u what the irs already knows
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Sasha Ivanov
•nah they actually helped my cousin get his 2021 refund unstuck last month
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