To date, the IRS has issued over 11.9 million refunds totaling $14.6 billion. Status of Unemployment Compensation Exclusion Corrections: The IRS continues to review tax year 2020 returns and process corrections for taxpayers who paid taxes on unemployment compensation, to exclude the compensation from income if eligible. Taxpayers should continue to check Where's My Amended Return? for the most up to date processing status available. Please don't file a second tax return or contact the IRS about the status of your amended return. The current timeframe can be more than 20 weeks instead of up to 16. We are processing these returns in the order received and are working hard to get through the inventory. Status of Processing Form 1040-X, Amended Individual Tax Return: As of July 23, 2022, we had 2 million unprocessed Forms 1040-X. Please don’t file a second tax return or contact the IRS about the status of your return. We’re working hard to get through the carryover inventory. If you filed before January 2022 and Where’s My Refund? does not have any information, your return has been opened but work on it has not begun.
If you filed on paper, check Where’s My Refund? If it tells you we have received your return or are processing or reviewing it, we are processing your return, but it may be under review.
If you filed electronically and received an acknowledgement, you do not need to take any further action other than promptly responding to any requests for information. What you should do: In most instances, no further action is needed but you may check Where’s My Refund? or you can view your account. The resolution of these issues could take 90 to 120 days depending on how quickly and accurately you respond, and the ability of IRS staff trained and working under social distancing requirements to complete the processing of your return. If we need more information or need you to verify that it was you who sent the tax return, we will write you a letter. If we can fix it without contacting you, we will. As the return is processed, whether it was filed electronically or on paper, it may be delayed because it has a mistake including errors concerning the Recovery Rebate Credit and the Child Tax Credit, is missing information, or there is suspected identity theft or fraud.
Tax returns are opened and processed in the order received.
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We have processed all error free returns received prior to January 2022 and continue to work the returns that need to be manually reviewed due to errors. We are continuing to reroute tax returns and taxpayer correspondence from locations that are behind to locations where more staff is available, and we are taking other actions to minimize any delays. How long you may have to wait: The IRS understands the importance of timely processing of tax returns and refund issuance. Taxpayers are encouraged to continue to check Tax Season Refund Frequently Asked Questions. If a correction is made to any Recovery Rebate Credit, Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit or Additional Child Tax Credit claimed on the return, the IRS will send taxpayers an explanation. This work does not typically require us to correspond with taxpayers but does require special handling by an IRS employee so, in these instances, it is taking the IRS more than 21 days to issue any related refund and in some cases this work could take 90 to 120 days. Of these, 1.7 million returns require error correction or other special handling, and 8.8 million are paper returns waiting to be reviewed and processed. The IRS is opening mail within normal timeframes and all paper and electronic individual returns received prior to January 2022 have been processed if the return had no errors or did not require further review.Īs of July 22, 2022, we had 10.5 million unprocessed individual tax year 2021 returns.