How quickly did you receive your 2020 tax refund?

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5 days after filing.
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Efiled: 3/7
State Refund: 3/12
Fed Refund: 3/13
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E-filed via TurboTax: 2/25
Federal refund: 3/4
State (SC) refund: 3/9
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eFiled: 02/27
refund: 03/10
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E-filed Federal with TurboTax on 2/19. It had been accepted by the IRS when I checked on 2/20. Refund was direct-deposited on 3/5.
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Efiled on 2/12, refund received 2/24.
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Efiles accepted 2/18. State refund deposited 3/3, fed 3/10.
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CardinalRule, if it makes you feel any better, we filed on 2/12, return was accepted 2/14, and Where's My Refund still says "Your tax return is still being processed. A refund date will be provided when available."

I did get my California refund, and Get My Payment has our stimulus payment scheduled for 3/17, but no sign of the federal refund, either the direct deposit or paper I-bonds.
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Ten days from Fed e-file accepted until the refund posted in our online account.
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H&R Block says my return was accepted by the IRS on Feb 13.

Current Status:
Your tax return is still being processed.

A refund date will be provided when available.
At what point should I start becoming concerned?
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The nightly news tonight mentioned that the IRS has not processed 6.7 million tax returns, as it's dealing with the stimulus checks, staffing, and outdated IT systems.
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OnTrack2020 wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:43 pm The nightly news tonight mentioned that the IRS has not processed 6.7 million tax returns, as it's dealing with the stimulus checks, staffing, and outdated IT systems.
Uggh

I was so please that I got it submitted early this year. That will teach me!
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not a refund but a payment for taxes owed.

i e-filed and they electronically debited within 24 hours. i was pretty surprised by how quick it was.

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E filed. 4 days.
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Mailed on 3/1. No refund yet. I claim an infrequent deduction and the IRS guidance says to include a statement attached that explains it. I haven't found a way to get FreeTaxUSA to attach a statement; otherwise, I would file electronically. If there is a way to do that, or a different free provider, please let me know.
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E-filed 3/7/2021, accepted 3/8/2021, a few days later "Where's My Refund" tool showed received, approved, payment to be made 3/16/2021; 3/16/2021, refund direct-deposited into our checking account.
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A week for Federal and three weeks for state.
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IRouteIP wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:18 pm H&R Block says my return was accepted by the IRS on Feb 13.

Current Status:
Your tax return is still being processed.

A refund date will be provided when available.
At what point should I start becoming concerned?
I filed a total of 5 returns ( ours and some family members) - all were filed between 2/13 -2/20 all refunds received except one of the first filed? Has the same message "return is still being processed" it was one of the simplest and earliest ones to be files? :confused
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Brewman wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:04 am
I filed a total of 5 returns ( ours and some family members) - all were filed between 2/13 -2/20 all refunds received except one of the first filed? Has the same message "return is still being processed" it was one of the simplest and earliest ones to be files? :confused
Maybe the first ones in are now buried at the bottom of the pile.
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E-field via TT on 3/4. Refund received today (3/17) via direct deposit.
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E filed with freetaxusa on 3/10.
Received IRS acceptance confirmation about 40 minutes later.
Refund received on 3/17 via direct deposit.
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E-Filed Saturday 2/20, the return was accepted with an hour, and I received my refund 3/1 for over 17k. I was surprised how fast it arrived given the larger amount.
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Paper filed on 2/16 (I qualified for a Sole Proprietorship Covid adjustment).
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3/13 Efiled via OLT.com (Saturday night)
3/19 Federal refund became visible in CU account as pending, 3/24 post date. IRS online tool still shows “return received” as of this moment. Still not showing “refund approved”
State online tool briefly showed “return received” but now displaying a message that it is unavailable until 3/24. :annoyed
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Filed on February 20. Still no refund on the state :confused
The status says it needs further review. Anyone had similar message?
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E-filed on TT. 18 days to get refund. No state tax.
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Efiled via Turbotax on 2/26; accepted same day; refund hit bank account on 3/11.
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about 2 weeks
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Accountant filed on 3/4/20.
Received $1,400 IRS Stimulus on 3/18/20.
Received tax refund on 3/19/20.

Processing the stimulus payments may have delayed the payment of income tax refunds.
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E-filed on 2/19. Received letter from IRS in the mail today saying they are holding our refund until they finish reviewing our return.
Letter said no action needed at this time, and that we shouldn't contact them until after 60 days. The notice date was a week into the future (March 29, 2021). IRS Where's my Refund tool has said your return is being processed since we filed. The only unusual thing I can think of is that we got married last year and so the first time filing MFJ for us, and one of us never received the stimulus checks last year so we claimed it on the tax return, and perhaps they are taking extra steps to verify it? Has anyone else received a similar letter before?
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venus_06 wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:05 pm E-filed on 2/19. Received letter from IRS in the mail today saying they are holding our refund until they finish reviewing our return.
Letter said no action needed at this time, and that we shouldn't contact them until after 60 days. The notice date was a week into the future (March 29, 2021). IRS Where's my Refund tool has said your return is being processed since we filed. The only unusual thing I can think of is that we got married last year and so the first time filing MFJ for us, and one of us never received the stimulus checks last year so we claimed it on the tax return, and perhaps they are taking extra steps to verify it? Has anyone else received a similar letter before?
I got one a few years ago. They failed to notice a discrepancy of one dollar, so I had to write this letter (they required mail response):

To Whom It May Concern,

I disagree with the proposed changes to my 2017 Form 1040 tax return. The proposed changes assert that I failed to report $24,055 of 2017 income from securities. This is incorrect.

I have attached excerpts from my 2017 tax return, in which I reported income from securities in the amount of $24,056. Please note that this is one dollar higher than the amount in dispute by your department, and thus may be the reason for the discrepancy. The exact amount, as displayed on my 2017 Form 1099-B from E-TRADE, is $24,055.51.


Had to wait another 30-60 days for their response, which essentially said "Okay, fine. we'll leave you alone."
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E-Filed on 03/21 through FreeTaxUSA. Tax Return has still not been accepted. Historically (even 2020), the return was accepted on the same day. I wonder if its just the backlog or something else.
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Efiled and accepted on 3-5. Supposed to be paid today, but haven't seen it yet.
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I filed about 3 weeks ago. Just got the FED today.
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efiled with turbotax 3/4. accepted but still being processed.

standard deductions. larger return.
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Haven't filed mine yet, but just filed for mother-in-law with these results:

Federal: E-Filed 3/14, Accepted 3/14, Refund Hit Account 3/22
Illinois: E-Filed 3/14, Accepted 3/15, Payment Deducted From Account Per My Choice 3/19
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When I efiled, turbotax estimated less than 21 days (and so did irs.gov site). The refund arrived after 19.
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motorcyclesarecool wrote: Sat Mar 20, 2021 12:37 am 3/13 Efiled via OLT.com (Saturday night)
3/19 Federal refund became visible in CU account as pending, 3/24 post date. IRS online tool still shows “return received” as of this moment. Still not showing “refund approved”
State online tool briefly showed “return received” but now displaying a message that it is unavailable until 3/24. :annoyed
3/24 refund finally hit this morning.

Still weirdness with my third stimmy status.
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I e-filed Feb 15 with H&R Block, still no sign of federal refund.
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Accounting firm e-filed on February 21st, nothing yet...
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What refund?

Usually, I never ever give the government an interest free loan, usually neither receiving a refund nor owing a payment. However, we did a major old 401K to ROTH IRA rollover, so we ended up owing a large tax bill. The rollover also pushed us above the stimulus cut off, so no third check from Uncle Sam.
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sometalk wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:35 am E-Filed on 03/21 through FreeTaxUSA. Tax Return has still not been accepted. Historically (even 2020), the return was accepted on the same day. I wonder if its just the backlog or something else.
Fed Tax got accepted today (03/25). Presuming money will be withdrawn (haven't had a refund in 5 years) on the stipulated date.
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E-filed on Feb. 19 with TurboTax; accepted by IRS later the same day. Still no refund. IRS web site says they have our return. I e-filed my father's income tax with TurboTax a few days later and he has already received his refund. Our refund is big this year because my wife retired half-way through the year and she always under withholds, so I have my pension set for 50% withholding. I wonder if the IRS has flagged our tax submission for special review because our income is down this year but our withholding is level, so IRS may think we are under-reporting our income.

Part of the problem is that there were no RMDs for 2020. If there were RMDs, I could have adjusted my wife's RMD withholding to hit the right number. For 2021, with RMDs back in the picture, I can adjust my wife's RMD withholding so our overall withholding comes out very close to the right number.

Edited April 26 - Still no refund. I'm guessing we are flagged for human review and there aren't enough humans available.
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Efiled via FFFF on 3/10, accepted within 20 minutes, refund received 3/19.

We used to do paper/USPS and it took a lot longer. Have used FFFF for two years and very happy.
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E-filed via TT 3/20. Federal and State accepted within 2-3 hours.

Montana State Refund: 3/26
Federal: Nothing yet.
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E-filed H&R Block 3/8, state refund received 3/15, Federal received 3/23.
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E-filed with H&R Block on 3/6, accepted same day. Refund deposited 10 days (6 working days) later on 3/16.
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E-filed on 3/4 refund deposited on 3/12
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Efiled Spawniods on 12 MAR, received deposit on 25 MAR. It included Schedule C
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