2020 Tax Refund

[megm]

A tax client is expecting a 2020 tax refund of >$12,000 per an 8/30/2021 Notice from the IRS. No direct deposit has been made (per request on e-filed return) nor a paper check received to-date (1/10/2022).  Tax client's return was e-filed in April 2021 and was amended because of a corrected 1099 in May 2021.  Any suggestions about trying to find out where the refund is?  I checked "Where's My Refund" - no luck and called two (2) automated numbers without success.  Thank you. 

[garman22]

They are saying 24+ mos on amended tax returns. So, I would say wait a year at least. I have a simple 1040X waiting since May. They do acknowledge the amended tho.

[IRonMaN]

Patience - that's all you have to work with when dealing with the IRS these days.

[BobKamman]

Have you tried the IRS online tool for amended returns?

https://www.irs.gov/filing/wheres-my-amended-return

I don't know the source of the 24-month claim.  The latest from IRS is,

"As of January 1, 2022, we had 2.3 million unprocessed Forms 1040-X. We are processing these returns in the order received and working hard to get through the inventory. The current timeframe can be more than 20 weeks instead of up to 16."

[BobKamman]

Patients -- that's all the hospitals have to work with when dealing with Covid these days.  

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

2.3 million, thats a lot less than they had in November, so they are working their way through them!

[garman22]

I read the 24 plus somewhere........I "think" it was in a Kiplinger letter I receive monthly.

"The current timeframe can be more than 20 weeks instead of up to 16." - Ooooooh, maybe it was 20 that i read and then boosted it up?

24 sounds better!! 😂🤣

[BobKamman]

Kiplinger is right up there with Fox News as an authoritative source.  But 2 years is more than 20 weeks, so you could be right.  

[garman22]

oh WT actual F..............I see now where I goofed up. I did type 24 mos. 

Im like Homer Simpson "DOH!!"