The average time it took the Internal Revenue Service to resolve identity theft cases and issue refunds to the affected victims in fiscal year 2024 was two years, according the National Taxpayer Advocate’s 2024 annual report to Congress, issued today. These delays impacted nearly half a million...
"To avoid delays in processing, people should avoid filing paper returns whenever possible," the tax agency said on Monday. When can you start tracking your refund? You'll be able to track your refund on the Where's My Refund page or IRS2Go app 24 hours after your return was filed ele...
“We apologize, but your return processing has been delayed beyond the normal timeframe” This is the message many filers are seeing after submitting their tax return to the IRS. You can see more on this message inthis video, but this is mainly due to IRS processing delays or an issue wa...
and applied for benefits they are entitled to under the law should not be given the runaround by the IRS. Sadly, over the last year many business owners across Virginia’s 5th District have reached out to my office and reported ongoing delays in the processing of properly submitted ERTC claim...
be used to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to "to audit Walmart shoppers." But the IRS has said the new funding is being used to hire customer service agents to answer more calls and improve its technology after the pandemic shuttered its offices and caused years of processing delays and ...
In September 2023, the IRS initiated a moratorium on processing ERC new claims so it could digitize and review queued claims and investigate high-risk claims. Those investigations continue but to balance the delays, the IRS last week said it recognized the importance of prioritizing and ...
Just ongoing processing delays as they reconcile amounts and try and get through manual verification for EIC/CTC items that don’t reconcile with payments made last year. Will likely take some time to clear. See a couple of recent articles I wrote on this (just go to the home page). Rep...
If you haven’t received your tax refund, you can check the status using the “Where’s My Refund?” tool on the IRS website. Make sure your return was filed and accepted. If there are any discrepancies or additional information needed, the IRS will notify you. Delays may occur due to...
For the past three years, the IRS has failed to do its most basic job: processing tax returns in a timely manner. There are many reasons. The pandemic upended almost everything for a while. …Ancient computer systems hampered operations. ...
Delays in Processing:The process of obtaining an IRS Letter of Determination can be time-consuming, and there may be delays in the review and evaluation phase. This could be due to the volume of applications received by the IRS, staff shortages, or other administrative factors. It is important...