My wife was talking to an accountant, and casually remarked that the IRS was really slow, as we had not yet received our tax check for 2020. The accountant said that they (the IRS) shredded hundreds of thousands of returns, preferring to work with digital returns only. Has anybody else not heard back from the IRS for 2020? Theoretically, if they shredded my return, then could then cite me for failure to pay, although I have photographs of all forms and mail receipts.
Comments (12)
sorted by:
I sent my deceased mom's 2020 return in in March of 2021. In November 2021 I received a letter sayin I forgot to include a copy of letters testimentary and a IRS form releasing her return to me. I didn't forget originally, but resent in Nov 21. In March 22 I received a letter asking for the same forms plus a death certificate which was also included in the original return. Again, I sent them. 2 weeks ago I received a letter telling me they needed an additional 60 days to complete. That pushes it out to July 2022.
Shameful behavior in light of your loss. They should try harder.
Any word on this to confirm. I too have not heard back on my return.
I was hoping for corroboration of this. It should be made as public as possible.
Pay your demon overlords and stop complaining.
Stop paying these evil IRS clowns. There is no representation..so NO MONEY FOR THEM.
My mother is 88 and living in a senior home. Our same CPA has been doing our taxes for 40+ years. This year I get a letter stating my Mom needs to be verified. Seems our initial electronic filed tax return was not accepted until she was verified. Now to get Mom verified took literally weeks with me going back and forth to the home and jumping through there hoops. Mom cant hear well and is barely functioning. Now were getting close to April 15th deadline so my CPA sends me another complete tax return forms to send in by snail mail to make sure I have everything in on time. Sent those in the beginning of April and still they dont acknowledge they received her forms but I have my certified return receipt as proof. The IRS is totally screwed up and needs to be abolished!
I finally got my 2020 return back in January. Of course now I'm waiting on my 2021 return after getting the letter in the mail saying it's being reviewed.
I kept/keep checking this site once or twice a week.
https://www.irs.gov/refunds
Eventually the status changed and I got it. Calling does no good, they have a huge backlog and will get to it when they get to it.
When I sign in, it tells me my account is "unavailable" right now. Why does that not surprise me?
I'm in the same boat behind an IpPin and nope .... hadn't gotten me return back yet
Just saw this. https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Letter-to-IRS-re-document-destruction.pdf