Refund Frozen and Partially Reduced: WMAR Shows "Processing" After 9 Months with $6,595 Balance
Filed my taxes last year and stuck in limbo. Wheres My Refund still showing the same message - 'return received but still being processed.' No tax topic, no updates, nothing. Starting to feel like im never gonna see this money. I'm filing as Head of Household with 2 exemptions. My Adjusted Gross Income was $21,344.00 with Taxable Income of $544.00. Tax per return shows $0.00. When I look at my account transcript it shows: ACCOUNT BALANCE: -$6,595.00 ACCRUED INTEREST: $0.00 AS OF: Feb. 11, 2025 ACCRUED PENALTY: $0.00 AS OF: Feb. 11, 2025 ACCOUNT BALANCE PLUS ACCRUALS (this is not a payoff amount): -$6,595.00 RETURN DUE DATE OR RETURN RECEIVED DATE (WHICHEVER IS LATER) Apr. 15, 2024 PROCESSING DATE May 06, 2024 TRANSACTIONS CODE EXPLANATION OF TRANSACTION | CYCLE | DATE | AMOUNT 150 Tax return filed | 20241605 | 05-06-2024 | $0.00 810 Refund freeze | | 02-09-2024 | $0.00 766 Credit to your account | | 04-17-2024 | -$2,700.00 766 Credit to your account | | 04-17-2024 | -$16,229.00 768 Earned income credit | | 04-17-2024 | -$4,095.00 971 Amended tax return or claim forwarded for processing | | 06-20-2024 | $0.00 977 Amended return filed | | 06-20-2024 | $0.00 767 Reduced or removed credit to your account | | 04-17-2024 | $16,229.00 290 Additional tax assessed | 20250405 | 02-11-2025 | $0.00 971 Notice issued | | 02-11-2025 | $0.00 I filed in April 2024, and it shows the return was processed on May 6th. I see credits to my account including Earned Income Credit, but there's also a "Refund freeze" code from February and a "Reduced or removed credit" code that seems to have taken back the $16,229 credit. I also filed an amended return in June (shown by codes 971 and 977), but I'm still waiting. The most recent activity was in February 2025 with "Additional tax assessed" and "Notice issued" codes. It's been over 9 months and I'm still seeing "being processed" on Where's My Refund. I should be getting $6,595 back according to the account balance, but nothing's happening. Is my refund just going to be stuck in limbo forever?
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FireflyDreams
Tax pro here. The WMAR tool is notorious for being outdated. Your best bet is to check your actual transcript - that's where the real status updates show up. Have you pulled your transcript recently?
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Oliver Weber
How do I even get my transcript? The irs website is so confusing 😫
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FireflyDreams
Go to irs.gov/transcripts - you'll need to make an ID.me account if you haven't already. Takes like 15 mins tops
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Natasha Kuznetsova
Try using taxr.ai - it saved me hours of headache trying to decode my transcript. For $4.99 it tells you exactly whats going on and when to expect your refund. Way better than playing detective with those confusing transcript codes lol
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Javier Morales
Is it legit tho? Kinda scared to upload my transcript to some random site 🤔
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Natasha Kuznetsova
totally safe! it's encrypted and they don't store your data. Plus it gives you actual dates and explanations in normal human language lmao
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Javier Morales
Just tried it and OMG where has this been all my life?! Finally know exactly whats happening with my refund!
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Emma Anderson
in the same boat fam... been waiting since february 2024 🤮
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Malik Thompson
CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN!!! I was stuck for 9 months, called my rep, and magically got movement in 2 weeks
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Oliver Weber
fr? might have to try this
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Isabella Ferreira
dont trust wmar its always wrong lololol. check ur transcript instead its the only way to know whats actually happening
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CosmicVoyager
The IRS is such a joke fr fr. How they expect us to live when they holding onto our money for a whole year? 🤡
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Ravi Kapoor
facts 💯 they quick to take it but slow af to give it back
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