And yet, some of us, are still in LOCK DOWN because the IRS hasn't input our 2019 taxes yet, so we can't get the Stimulus.
Seriously getting tired of this shit.
They're unrolling # 2, and we are SOL STILL.
Hey POTUS, WHAT'S UP WITH THIS? What DS Swamp Creature is BLOCKING US?
Big IRS backlog: Months after filing their taxes, some still wait for a refund
It's mid-year already. Do you know what ever happened to your income tax refund or your return?
Plenty of people like Charles and Anna Letner are still waiting to learn the fate of their 2019 federal return and expected refund.
The retired Phoenix couple said they have always completed their returns on paper and mailed them in, rather than preparing and submitting returns online. There's nothing wrong with that, though the Internal Revenue Service for years has extolled the virtues of online filing, claiming it's both faster and more secure. That certainly has been the case during the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down large swaths of the economy — and much of the IRS.
The Letners mailed their paper return in late February, well in advance of this year's original April 17 filing deadline, yet still have no answers.
The couple said they checked the "where's my refund" tool at irs.gov on several occasions but didn't learn anything.
"Each time the automatic response is 'There is no information about your refund,' and after the double check for accuracy of information, it automatically hangs up," they said in an email.
They also tried calling the IRS but haven't been able to connect with a live person. Similarly, two letters mailed to the agency have gone unanswered.
We do understand that the virus has caused great delays," the Letners said. But they're concerned that their return might have gotten lost in the mail or misplaced. They hope to receive an answer prior to this year's extended July 15 filing deadline.
"We certainly don't want to pay a late fee," they said.
As the Letners surmised, IRS staff is well behind in processing outstanding tax returns from 2019, especially paper ones.
"The disruption caused by COVID-19 and the postponed due date had — and continues to have — an enormous impact on the 2020 filing season, reflected in the number of returns received, the volume of correspondence received from taxpayers and toll-free telephone service," said the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an IRS watchdog group, in a late June report to Congress.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2020/07/05/irs-tax-returns-backlog-refund-checks-due-covid-19-pandemic-coronavirus/5349738002/